Roscrea hurts 2005 October 30 21:51
Posted by diamond in : Cycling, Random , trackbackToday i went to roscrea, 28 days after the last time, for another cycle with mark. We did the same route as last time, but the average speed went up from 20 to 24 kmph, which i’m quite happy with. The hills on the second half were still brutal, had to walk for the last 1/3rd of one as the lowest gear on the kelly is nowhere near as low as the lowest gear on the dawes (which _still_ wasn’t low enough last time either ,-). It was an event-filled cycle. We left mark’s house, travelled about 200m, then mark’s back tire got a puncture. I had a spare tube with me, so mark changed the tube, pumped up the new one, move the bike about 1m, and got another puncture. At that point we got tony to collect us with the jeep, went back to the house, repaired both tubes, and tried again. The next attempt went better, though i mis-judged the timing of some traffic lights and fell over due to not being able to unclip my left foot in time. Came down on my hands, fairly lightly. Palm is slightly bruised and swollen, could have been a lot worse.
In other health news, it’s fairly clear now that i do indeed have a double eye infection. Yay (inappropriate). Ironically it was friday evening of a bank holiday weekend that i figured this out. Will be going to my gp on Tuesday if i get the chance. I reckon it’s a fairly minor deal, but it isn’t going away on it’s own.
*Update*
Two other things have just returned to me that i had intended to mention here.
First is regards me losing weight. I’ve had a number of comments from different people about this since i mentioned it on here a few posts ago. Some people see the difference, some think i’m imagining that i’m overweight. It’s like this: it doesn’t show up that much to anyone but me, that doesn’t mean it’s healthy to have, or that it’s all in my mind. I’m well aware of the dangers of obsessing over it, when i started in college i was borderline anorexic (that’s a whole other story i’ll flesh out a bit more sometime (excuse the (intentional, and terrible) pun)). As such, i have very clearly defined idea of what a healthy weight for me is, and have no intentions of overstepping it.
On a lighter but more painful note, i have hopes of cycling to nenagh and back next sunday. This should be… ‘interesting’. If i can do it, that’s a 50 mile cycle, and i’ll be delighted. We’ll see how things go during the week, and how much time i have to spare at the weekend. I’ve just decided to have a strange foreboding that i’m going to be busy. Hurm. Well, the next sunday i have time then.
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