2015 Week 6

Week 6 (w/e 8 February 2015)
Miles: 127.1

From Monday to Friday the weather was excellent. Day after day of clear blue skies, winter sun and not too much wind. Excellent cycling conditions. I should have cashed in and could have easily posted a 150 mile week... but I didn't. I only managed one ride on Monday and that was in the evening. I had a few things to do in the afternoon and then decided to spend the usual cycling time giving my bike a much-needed wash. I got back into the groove on Tuesday and by Wednesday night had reached 50 miles. I only needed 25 miles on Friday to make this week a "5 Day 100", but I woke up with a painful groin! I think I tweaked it somehow on Thursday. So I limited myself to a single ride on Friday night, moving on to 85 miles in the process. The tender groin was fine on Saturday (phew), so I ended up passing the 100 mark on Saturday night in the heavy fog, adding 26 further miles on Sunday after two trips out and about.

Plenty of markers this week - despite being a few miles light in my opinion, this is the highest weekly score of the year so far. It's also the fastest time to reach 100 miles. And I've reached 10% of my 6k target! Easy.

Also of note this week - the sunset crept beyond 5 pm, which is a great sign of better things to come.

The stats
Time taken to get 100: 6 hrs 51 mins
Average speed for 100: 14.58 mph
Total for 2015: 632.8
2015 average weekly mileage: 105.46
Consecutive 100s: 5
Miles needed for 6000: 5367.2
Percentage of target reached: 10.54%
Required average weekly mileage: 116.68

Still in the lead of the pack, with a lead of 29 miles on 2012.

Week 6 totals
2015 - 632.8
2012 - 603.8
2014 - 585.4
2013 - 553
1998 - 524