Anyone know any shortcuts?

Just a short one bloggers!

You'll be glad to know that i have recovered from the humiliation of 'trying' to keep up with Elaine and Shinny Rich over a 40 mile ride a couple of weeks back in Donny....unfortunately i was a panting wreck while they conversed happily ahead of me!  So yes, i took the challenge on and gone were those thick mountain bike tyres (2.25 yeah..?) and on go the semi slicks (1.75 apparently).  And yesterday i managed a ride of hill'onic (new word) proportions..

I faced the nearby Peaks, my nemesis, so often avoided on rides so far.  But at less than 7 miles from my house i really have no excuses.  I had my semi slicks and the sun on my back - i was ready!  I did a 34 miler, looping through the peaks and climbing 1900 feet according to my bike gadget! It was a great ride actually, even though I was wrecked and struggling at 4mph on several of the climbs! However what goes up must come down and those downhills were ace, the wind in your face is so strong you couldn't hear a lorry overtake you.  I even touched 35mph for the first time and that was with partial breaking (to stop myself going even whiter then I normally am - seriously 35mph feels fast when your sat on a cushion on a metal frame with wheels) ;)

However.... 30 seconds into getting home and declaring my happiness to Em she told me that while i was out she'd mapped 2 days of 12 of our LEJOG route on her topography web site and my enthusiam hit the floor.  I was told that we climb 1200 feet in 2 miles on those days. Holy crap, 1900 spread over 34 miles (with downhills in between) was tough.  I haven't even started have I?  I'll need to go back several times into those Peaks and go even deeper.. god help me.  One things for sure i'm taking my iPhone just in case.

Yours,

One scared Daz x

Ps 14 weeks till Day 1 on Sept 20th! ..or 12 weeks for me....(minus 1 for excessive drinking and partying at Glasto and another for some work training down south.)
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