2015 Week 8

Week 8 (w/e 22 February 2015)
Miles: 103

Nice to see lots of these about.

The start of the week was bitterly cold and very windy. To add to the grimness, as the week progressed it became clear that I had a cold developing. Urgh. A good start was called for, and I delivered with 26 miles on Monday and 20 on Tuesday. By Wednesday I was feeling grotty and sneezy: the weather was grey and drizzly to match my mood, so I stayed in during the afternoon and rationed myself to a short ride in the evening to push on to 55 miles.

Thursday was dank and drizzly. I progressed to 64 miles in the afternoon and added 8 more in the evening. After a sunny start to Friday, the afternoon grew progressively murkier and dank, with drizzle. I should have got out earlier, of course. The weather meant that I only managed a 7 mile spin at 6 pm. The total became 87 in the evening. Saturday afternoon was sunny and cold for the most part. Once a brisk shower had passed over at 2:45, I cycled into town as is the custom. At 6 pm I seized the opportunity to get out there and clinch the 100 for the week. I was out on the beer on Saturday evening, so no more miles were added that day. The forecast for Sunday was a washout and so it turned out to be, so it was a good job that I achieved my target on Saturday.

The stats
Time taken to get 100: 6 hrs 57 mins
Average speed for 100: 14.37 mph
Total for 2015: 866.1
2015 average weekly mileage: 108.26
Consecutive 100s: 7
Miles needed for 6000: 5133.9
Percentage of target reached: 14.43%
Required average weekly mileage: 116.68

Still wearing the yellow jersey! My lead over 2012 currently stands at 42.7 miles. Last week it was 43.2.

Week 8 totals
2015 - 866.1
2012 - 823.4
2014 - 817.9
2013 - 785.4
1998 - 781.7