A weekend of good riding

We got away up to the lake for the weekend and naturally with the sun shining, the bike came with. Two cracking days -- in particular the Saturday which couldn't have been better for cycling with temperatures in the mid-high 20's Celsius, little breeze and blue skies. The Sunday was overcast but cool enough to allow to a decent speed to be maintained without burning up.

The average speed for both days was good and good for training. On Sunday I had turned into the wind with the average sitting at 20.7mph. Determined to finish with it still over twenty, it turned into a time-trial as I pushed against the breeze while watching it tick down towards zero. A couple of short but sharp little hills right by the finish sucked a lot out of me and I might have dipped below twenty had I not rode the last five hundred yards like I was being perused by the peloton of the Tour de France. It felt good to arrive with it at 20.0 mph.

Saturday's ride:

Sunday's ride: