I
had all good intentions of riding my bike this weekend even though it was forecast to be cold but I have an excuse as to
why I didn’t get any miles on the board.
Friday night and Saturday morning my Achilles
was playing up badly after a 3 Km run at the gym on Wednesday and a 90 minute
turbo in the cold garage on Thursday night. Friday night I was going to do another turbo but
instead I caught up on the ironing and Saturday morning I could hardly walk (I
think it was the gym and the turbo, but it might have been the ironing, do you think I should avoid ironing in future?).
I
can see that this Achilles which has been a problem now for 6 months is going
to continue to be a problem
Because my Achilles was so sore Saturday morning I knew I couldn't ride and so I
sent Big G a text first thing (about 08:00 am) asking him to ring me when
he woke and I then got on with my chores: dry cleaners, ironing shop, greengrocers,
pick up key from garage where it has been sitting waiting collection for last 3
weeks (the spare key, not the car as I p[icked that up three weeks ago), and drop some clothes off at the
child-minders. At 11:30 I was on my way back from Tesco’s where I had had my
car hand washed by the Polish/ Ukrainian/ Albanian crew when Big G rang me back.
By
this time my Achilles had eased up a bit with the aid of drugs and stretching
and running about doing chores and so Big G and I agreed on a romantic snowy walk along the North Downs Way from Box
Hill towards Reigate and back before indulging in a feast of bacon sandwiches
and coffee and walnut cake at the café in what used to be the shop on the top of
Box Hill (when did that change?).
Sunday
morning I was in Sainsburys towards Heathrow at 09:30 am doing the weekly
shop. Then I had to pick up The Wife and
Son from Heathrow (on their way back from a half term week with the mother-in-law and cousins) so that meant I wasn’t able to ride (and I was very nervous
about the Achilles). Then later in the day I had more chores, like fixing the wooden airing
horse that was broken which involved a trip to B&Q. The airing horse itself was a wedding present
to my Mum and Dad when they got married, I am too tight to buy a new horse when
it only cost me £1.44 to fix the old one (plus the petrol, the time spent trying to navigate B&Q to find dowel, the injury from bad tool handling etc, the unwanted advice from my wife and son).
Monday
morning was back to school after half term and my son tried every excuse under the sun not to go to school. By the
time I got him there I was late for work.
Another stage win for the machine that is Steve W but he was pushed
hard this week by Mike who was ‘oop North’ and put in a great climbing
performance to take the Polka Dots easily. Spare a thought also for Craig with
2000 ft of climbing in only 16 miles, ouch.
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Mini Strava Challenge
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Week 8 - Monday 18/2/13 - Sunday 24/2/13
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Name
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No. of Rides
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Miles Ridden
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Climbing (ft)
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Ranking - Miles
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Ranking - KoM
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Steve W
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6
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118.4
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6,291
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1
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2
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Mike R
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3
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109.9
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8,818
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2
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1
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Justin C
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2
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100.3
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4,485
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3
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3
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David C
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1
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76.1
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3,193
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4
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4
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Craig S
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1
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16.1
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2,159
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5
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5
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Duncan S
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0
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0.0
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0
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6
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6
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Michael C
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0
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0.0
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0
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7
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7
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Jon S
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0
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0.0
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0
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8
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8
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420.8
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24946.0
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Mini Strava Challenge
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Totals
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Name
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No. of Rides
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Miles Ridden
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Climbing (ft)
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Ranking - Miles
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Ranking - KoM
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Steve W (Milton Keynes)
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36
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753.7
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37,831
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1
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1
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David C (Herts)
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13
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608.2
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25,940
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2
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2
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Justin C (Herts)
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15
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471.9
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21,693
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3
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4
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Mike R (York this weekend)
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11
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427.6
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25,287
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4
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3
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Duncan S (Surrey)
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10
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302.2
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17,724
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5
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5
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Michael C (Scotland)
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12
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229.8
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12,643
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6
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8
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Jon S (Herts)
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3
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202.0
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13,932
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7
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7
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Craig S (California)
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5
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158.0
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14,136
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8
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6
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3153.4
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169186.0
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