Miles: 104.4
On Monday afternoon I travelled over to Yorkshire to see Peter Hook & the Light play in Holmfirth. I stayed overnight, returning home mid-afternoon. When I got back I decided to go for another training run for the local pub fun run. To save my legs, I didn't go out on the bike in the evening either. Thus, Monday and Tuesday were cycle-free. Not a promising start to the week. Typically, the weather had been sunny and spring-like too.
I finally kicked off the chase on Wednesday, when the weather had turned grey and blustery. I managed 9 miles in the afternoon and pushed on to 19 miles in the evening, even though the wind had me wobbling all over the road. Thursday was mostly sunny, although the south westerly gale was still howling in. I took myself out for an hour in the afternoon, returning home with 34 miles. After waiting for a brief shower to pass over in the evening, I went out again and moved on to 42.5. Friday was similarly sunny but windy. I'd planned on going for a run at around teatime, but I also needed to cycle some more miles to have a reasonable chance of getting the ton this week. So I went out on the bike a little earlier than usual and only for 40 minutes, rolling home with 52 miles. Then I did the run. In the evening I went to the pub, so that was that as I headed into the weekend.
Saturday. Sunny! I cycled into town as usual, then nipped out again once I'd returned home. That took me to 68 miles. There was nothing to distract me in the evening, so off I went on the bike again, ending the day with 76.5 miles. So into Sunday with 24 or so miles still to get. When I got up, it was raining steadily. Bah. Fortunately, the rain stopped by 4 and the remainder of the day was fine. I got out for an hour at 5:30, coming back with 91 miles in total. I mopped up the remaining 9 miles later in the evening, eventually finishing with 104 for the week.
The stats
Time taken to get 100: 6 hrs 52 mins
Total for 2013: 1750.9
2013 average weekly mileage: 109.4
Consecutive 100s: 12
Miles needed for 6000: 4249.1
Percentage of target reached: 29.18%
Required average weekly mileage: 118.03
A relatively poor week means that my required average for 6k moves back to 118 for the first time since week 8. It's a bit like paying off a 25 year mortgage. For years and years your payments make no dent on the original capital until suddenly the figures start shifting downward, and quite quickly too. It usually happens around week 30 (the beginning of August).
Meanwhile, back in 2012
I did 115.3 miles, moving me along to a total of 1903.3. That's a lead of 152.4 miles.
And 1998?
This time that year I managed 165.8 miles, bringing the total to 1788.2. So I've just been overtaken.
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