Miles: 103.5
The week got underway with a wild and wet Monday afternoon. A 30 mph gale coming up from the south west really gave those squally showers an extra kick. Not surprisingly, no cycling was achieved. Things didn't improve much on Tuesday either, with rain for most of the afternoon and then the arrivial of another band of rain at 6, just when I was considering breaking my duck. The evening was fine but blustery. But I didn't fancy it. Wednesday afternoon saw more squally showers, buffeted by the gale that had been blowing all week. The rain at least stopped by about 4 pm so I managed to drag myself out for 9 miles before teatime. I topped this up in the evening to close with 19 miles.
After some heavy overnight rain, Thursday afternoon and evening were fine. The day was still menaced by that fierce SW gale though. I nipped out earlier in the afternoon to take a couple of photos for this blog, then did another half an hour's worth before tea. This took me to 36 miles. I did another 30 minutes worth later in the evening, rolling home with 44 on the clock. Friday saw some more heavy rain around lunchtime, but after that conditions were fine - although the clear skies sent the temperature tumbling. I went out for a 45 minute ride late in the afternoon (to 54 miles), then topped that up to 64 in the evening.
That left 36 miles to get over the weekend and thankfully, the weather was ok. Saturday afternoon was pleasantly sunny. I made my usual trip into town and back then did another half an hour's worth when I got home. That pushed me on to almost 80 miles. In the evening I went to the pub, so didn't add to the total. Sunday's weather was grey and dank, but it stayed fine. After watching Man City v Liverpool on TV I dragged myself out at 6 pm for half an hour, coming back with 86 miles. It was 9 pm before I got back out there to finish off the run chase. The wind had whipped up again in the meantime, which made things a little less pleasant. I got the 100 done but then nipped back home to check my figures. I noticed that if I managed 103 miles this week, my weekly average would rise to the more rounded figure of 90 miles, so I went back out for another 15 minutes to sort that out, rolling home with 103.5 for the week.
The stats:
Time taken to get 100: 7 hrs 30 mins
Total for 2013: 451
2013 average weekly mileage: 90.2
Consecutive 100s: 1
Miles needed for 6000: 5549
Percentage of target reached: 7.5%
Required average weekly mileage: 118.06
The slowest 100 on record due my creaking, knackered bike. You'd think this would push me into getting it serviced, wouldn't you?
Meanwhile, back in 2012...
I did 115.3 miles which took me to a total of 477.7. So the lead is now 26.7 miles, up 11.8 miles on last week.
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