Slug Road...Oh how I've missed thee...

Haven't actually.  Managed 46 miles with a lot of climbing and again, it's been difficult. Went out with she of the no training and we were'n't far off her to be honest.  Up slug road with it's evil climb and then down again via the cycle route. I am very tired today - more tired than useful.  Pete invited his family round for a BBQ so instead of my usual recovery routine of a leisurly shower, big glass of strawberry milk with some protien in it and a snooze, we ran around like headless chicken and then flopped on the couch about 9 pm, wondering if that was too early to go to bed for a pair of 30 somethings with no kids (fyi, it apparently is).

My intention this week is to batter on the turbo trainer - though with two weeks to go I'm not really sure what good that's going to do me - and some more hill training with Pam at some point.  Next week end we're going to do the Balloch Sportive route we did last year so that will be 65 miles - with hopefully no stopping this time.  There's the Scottish Bike Sportive on on the saturday so we're going to go see Pete's Bro and take him to that with some dinner after.  Then the route then back Monday morning.

Here's what Saturday looked like:

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The figures (though for some reason I don't seem to have done this for a while).

Distance:	46.1 mi
Elevation:	+ 3013 / - 2936 ft
Max Grade	13.2 %
Avg. Grade	0.8 %
VAM	364 Vm/h
Ascent time	02:31:16
Descent time	01:34:36
Total Duration:	04:34:29
Moving Time:	04:07:45
Stopped Time:	00:26:44
Calories:	2910
Avg. Watts:	196
Max Speed:	32.4 mph
Avg. Speed:	11.2 mph
Pace:	00:05:58
Moving Pace:	00:05:23
Max Cadence:	120 rpm
Min Cadence:	15 rpm
Avg. Cadence:	63.7 rpm
Max Heartrate:	199 bpm
Min Heartrate:	121 bpm
Avg. Heartrate:	168.3 bpm
Heartrate zones:
Zone 1:	6 min
Zone 2:	41 min
Zone 3:	59 min
Zone 4:	1 hour 19 min
Zone 5:	1 hour 19 min

I'm not really sure this shows any improvement from last year - so I'm wondering if I've done 'enough' this year. Hey ho though.

Mx