33.33 LP (long peddle)

Having given up running this week as my knee is still playing up, and having given up all exercise since Wednesday as I've been in bed with a sinus infection, I ventured out today to get a much needed cardiovascular workout. The weather was good, a bit windy but not as bad as last week. Having rolled my leg for a bit, I headed off out, just after the time I would have been leaving the Start/Finish line at Silverstone. (Next year maybe). I'd planned 2 cycle routes, 14 miles and 16 miles, and set off on the longer one to get it out of the way first. Then back home for a drink and out again after a few minutes to do the other route. The first 16 miles was great, not too hard at all so towards the end I decided to do the same 16 mile route again in reverse.

Stanford in the Vale - Gainfield - Charney Bassett - Southmoor - West Hanney - Denchworth - Park Lane - Stanford in the Vale (short break) - Park Lane - Denchworth - West Hanney - Southmoor - Charney Bassett - Gainfield - Stanford in the Vale

The downside was that the easy bits on the way out were hard, but some of the hard bits on the way out were also hard on the way back. For example I hit a gust of wind against me then I first reached West Hanney (heading south); and also hit a gust of wind against me when I left West Hanney again (heading north). The last two miles home from Gainfield were really hard work...

Still over all I managed 33.33 miles in just under 2½ hours. Not bad when it's the longest exercise I've had in a couple of weeks, and the longest I've ever cycled in a day (the longest previously would have been 15 miles to Swindon or Oxford and then back again a few hours later).

Out:	Back:
Mile 1 - 4m50s Mile 2 - 4m22s Mile 3 - 3m23s Mile 4 - 3m39s Mile 5 - 4m04s Mile 6 - 4m43s Mile 7 - 3m34s Mile 8 - 3m48s Mile 9 - 4m05s Mile 10 - 3m56s Mile 11 - 4m41s Mile 12 - 4m34s Mile 13 - 4m43s Mile 14 - 4m31s Mile 15 - 4m26s Mile 16 - 5m09s .66 Mile - 2m29s	Mile 1 - 4m34s Mile 2 - 3m42s Mile 3 - 5m09s Mile 4 - 3m31s Mile 5 - 3m54s Mile 6 - 3m35s Mile 7 - 4m08s Mile 8 - 4m06s Mile 9 - 5m14s Mile 10 - 4m36s Mile 11 - 5m15s Mile 12 - 3m58s Mile 13 - 4m46s Mile 14 - 5m13s Mile 15 - 5m54s Mile 16 - 4m45s .67 Mile - 4m06s
distance - 16.66m time - 1h11m36s average - 13.9mph max speed - 27.5mph	distance - 16.67m time - 1h16m33s average - 13.0mph max speed - 22.3mph