Riding against too much resistance

Distance: 8.041m
Time: 41m11s
Avg speed: 11.7mph
Max speed: 22.4mph

Having got today's run out of the way at lunchtime, I took my new bike out for a proper spin this evening. After resetting the cycle computer correctly and checked it was working, I set off on the 8-mile route that I've cycled many many times before, a few times in training and the route I've even run a couple of times too. On my fast new bike I was hoping for an ambitious time of about half an hour. Alas the wind was against me, and after a while I realised the bike was against me too. When I'd taken the front wheel off yesterday to get the bike into the back of the Ka, I must have put it back on slightly to one side so it was rubbing occasionally against either the brake or the mudguard. So I'd set myself up at a disadvantage before I set off into the wind. It was quite disappointing that the fastest I managed this evening was 22mph along the flat with the wind behind me, rather than downhill where I've managed over 27mph before. I was really hoping to hit 30mph there...

Still a good workout, and plenty more to come when I start cycling to work next week!