Miles: 113.2
The unseasonably warm spell at the end of March didn't last for very long. So far April has been decidedly grey and chilly. I started this week with a zero, as Monday 2nd April was a running day on my schedule. I could have nipped out later in the evening but I decided to rest my legs. Weatherwise it would have returned at least 20 miles I'd say. Ho hum. Tuesday morning brought rain with it, but by late afternoon this had moved on and the sun briefly made an appearance. I ventured out at 5 pm into the teeth of a ferocious gale that was howling in - unusually - from the north east. Fun it wasn't, being pegged back to 10 or 11 mph at times. I got back with 13.5 miles at least. The wind was still howling late into the evening so I didn't bother going out again.
Wednesday. Clear skies today, but that wind was still lurking out there and it was bitterly cold. Despite this I got out in the afternoon and put in a reasonable ride, returning home with 31 miles done. I upped this to 40 by the end of the day with an evening trip. A reasonable recovery then. On Thursday the weather was much improved, sunny clear skies and no blasted gale blowing. I went out for a shorter ride in the afternoon that took me to 52 miles then darted back out mid-evening to see out the day on very nearly 61.
Friday was grey and chilly with some unwelcome drizzle mid-afternoon, thankfully short-lived. This was another designated running day, so I popped out for 40 minutes on the bike by way of a warm up, rolling back with 70 miles on the clock. Then I went for the run. Come the evening I thought it best to rest my limbs again, even though I had my eye on my stats. I was still 30 miles off getting the obligatory 100 for the week, never mind adding the extra mileage to keep my averages from slipping. Had it not been for the interruptions of having to go running this week, I'm confident on past performance that I would have just about clinched the 100 by the close of Friday evening.
Anyway, never mind that - into the weekend we go. Saturday was cloudy with some sunny breaks, but chilly again. I cycled into town that afternoon, as usual, then whizzed out again after arriving home. I advanced to 88 miles but an evening appointment with a few pubs meant that I wasn't in a position to add to this. Sunday thus arrived with me requiring 12 more miles to at least score another 100. The weather was grey and cold, with a fine mist of drizzle in the air. Not very promising then. Looking at the rain radar I spotted a band of heavy rain moving in from the west, so I dragged myself out there at 4 pm before it arrived - it missed us in the end, typically. A gusty wind was blowing in from the west that afternoon, but it was manageable. I rolled home with 105 miles. By mid-evening I decided to make a final trip for the week, so took myself out for half an hour or so to end with 113 miles for week 14.
The stats:
Time taken to get 100: 6 hrs 33 m.
Total for 2012: 1662.8
2012 average weekly mileage: 118.77
Consecutive 100s: 13
Miles needed for 6000: 4337.2
Percentage of target reached: 27.7%
With 38 weeks to go, average weekly miles needed for 6000: 114.14
A slow time to get the 100 again, thanks in most part to that appallingly fierce north-easterly gale from early in the week. Also, I let my averages slip! Shock! My weekly average tumbled from 119.2 to 118.7; the average I need to chase down 6000 miles lurched upward from 114.11 to 114.14. Shriek!
Joking aside, it's the first week this year that I've not moved ahead in the average stakes.
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