Virginia Waters, Chertsea round-trip
After getting back from Iain and Zubin’s house in Kingston at about 1PM (I ended up sleeping on the sofa bed… after getting back from a nice meal out and Bourne Ultimatum (most awesome action-packed film ever!) we spent about two hours sat watching YouTube videos on the Wii) I headed into Camberley to grab a couple of rolls of film that they’d been pestering me to collect (and pay for).
As with any trip to Jessops, the inevitable browse around HMV (opposite) took place, and I came back home not only two four rolls of developed 135, a roll of developed 120, but also five new CDs…
- Bob Marley and the Wailers—Natty Dread
- Bjork—Greatest Hits
- Jonie Mitchell—Ladies of the Canyon
- New Order—Substance
- Asobi Seksu (which Vlad/Wikipedia reliably informs me means ‘playful sex’ (I like it!))—Citrus
I’ve only listened to playful sex so far, which is surprisingly good considering it was a random unheard-of off-the-shelf pull (not the girl, the CD (bah)). That said, I’ve already got all of Bob Marley’s stuff ever from the uber-torrent… I’ve now got three Marley CDs that I probably would not have owned, were it not for said torrent… and who says that torrenting hurts music sales?
Anyway, I would write about the other three once I’ve listened to them, but, to be honest, I can’t be bothered, so I won’t.
Right, back on topic.
I headed out for my 20 mile bikeride at about 4PM (a little late, really, but what can you do?)... I drove to Virginia Waters railway station and did the route I posted yesterday in reverse (I wanted to save the Great Park until last).
As before, please visit www.cycle-route.com/routes/Chertsey_to_Windsor_Great_Park_Loop-Cycle-Route-76.html for more info.
I paid good attention to my ‘average’ (from lots of looking at the speedo) cadence last time I was out… it was 73. This seemed quite comfortable to me, but lots of reading suggests otherwise. Apparently I’m burning the wrong matches, or something. So the key aim for this ride was to get it up into the 80s, if at all possible.
I’m pretty glad to say I did this, and a bit more. I spent most of the time pedalling (it still underlines this in red!) around at roughly 93rpm! Of course, at some points it did drop lower, but it rarely went below 80, which would appear to be an improvement. That said, I did find my legs getting tired… but much less than I’d expected (especially given this is now the fourth time out on a bike in about five or more years).
So, here are the stats… I thought that I was going to average at almost 16mph, but I guess not:
Time: 1h 20m 34s (not including breaks!)
Distance: 19.37m
Average speed: 14.4mph
Max speed: 32.3mph
Cadence: roughly 90-93rpm
Tags: Cycling