2015 Week 11

Week 11 (w/e 15 March 2015)
Miles: 112.4

It was a wet start to the week. The afternoon was affected by showers so I waited until the evening to get my week underway, clocking up 8.5 miles from the ride. The weather on Tuesday was marvellous: Had Spring arrived? As it turned out, no! But I went out for the best part of an hour in the afternoon, then did the usual evening ride. 29 miles was the resulting total. Wednesday was wet until about 4 pm. I managed 35 minutes around 6 pm and topped up the mileage in the evening to end the day on 46 miles.

Thursday. It was grey and dank. Looking at the rain radar I could see a large block of rain moving eastward with glacial pace. By 3:30 it was drizzling. Before too long it was coming down firmly and persistently and carried on doing until midnight at least. So no cycling was done. Drizzle on Friday soon cleared and the afternoon stayed grey but fine. Out I went, rolling home with 63 miles. This became 71.5 miles in the evening.

And so into the weekend. Saturday afternoon was grey but fine with a cold wind blowing in from the east. I cycled into town as usual, then nipped out for a quick supplementary once I'd got home. 87 miles done. The pub beckoned that evening, so that was it until the next day. The weather was similar on Sunday, but I went out in the late afternoon and came home with 102 miles. Having checked my figures before my final ride on Sunday night, I realised that a score of 112 would take my weekly average for 2015 to a Nelson (111). So that's what I did.

The stats
Time taken to get 100: 6 hrs 55 mins
Average speed for 100: 14.42 mph
Total for 2015: 1221.3
2015 average weekly mileage: 111.02
Consecutive 100s: 10
Miles needed for 6000: 4778.7
Percentage of target reached: 20.35%
Required average weekly mileage: 116.55

Another milestone posted this week: 20% of my 6k target reached.

So what's the comparison with 2012?
Last week 2012 passed me by 4.1 miles. This week the gap widened to 28.9 miles, as in week 11 of '12 I clocked up 137.2 miles. It was a monster 167.3 the following week, so I can't see myself catching up anytime soon!