This has meant that the Autumn colours have been gorgeous this year, but I have hardly any photos! Obviously this is due to the cycling, but the most noteable occasion was when I joined the VCC Intros group for the first time.
The route was beautiful, the colours of the leaves at their peak, the sun was shining and the sky bright blue. It was painful to cycle past all the gorgeousness without taking a single snap. At the coffee stop at Wilstone I asked Bob, our run leader, if we could have a photo stop. He looked perturbed, as if a Sunday morning cycle run is actually about cycling! Fortunately, he agreed to a group photo! Unfortunately, it was in the car park of the farm shop! You'll just have to trust me this was one of the prettiest days ever!
I had inadvertently ended up in the intros group this Sunday, because Bill was away and only two sociables had turned up for the ride. I thoroughly enjoyed riding in the group and was quite happy with the speed on the flat, but as ever my speed up the hills is an issue.
I resolved to do some extra hill training, and have set myself the Pedley Hill Challenge.
Pedley Hill is a reasonable climb that I seem to take several minutes longer than others to climb. I plan to regularly attempt this hill over the winter to see what % improvement I can make on the Pedley Hill Pedal segment. My best time when I first considered this idea was just over 9 minutes. I then threw myself up the hill (to the point of nearly vomiting) and set a baseline time of 8 mins 6 secs. Over the next month I haven't managed to get anywhere near my baseline time, I wish I had left my baseline as 9 minutes. Oh well!
As well as several other VCC rides I have been out on a few Saturday mornings with some friends plus Stuart. As the only male in the group I think Stuart rather enjoys his Saturday rides!
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