The incoherent ramblings of an overweight cyclist.

Day 2 - The Hangover

March 19th, 2008

No commute today, I decided to have a hangover instead. It turns out drinking Chocolate Stout all night isn’t such a good idea on a school night. However, it was worth it as the band I went to see in Blackfriars last night were rather excellent. The Bottleneckers play some mean 50s rock n roll!

  • Weigh in: 14st 11lb
  • Breakfast: hangover
  • Lunch: BLT sandwich
  • Dinner: pasta with tomato & chilli sauce

This evening (suitably hangover free) I went out for this year’s first attempt at my old training route.

Amazingly it felt rather good considering I’d barely been on a bike in the last 4 months. The terrain was hillier than I remember, it was a tad windy in places and cycling in the dark isn’t so good with the state of the Glasgow roads (plenty of pot-holes to keep you on your toes!). I wasn’t exactly pushing it, just a nice easy ride to lay a bench mark and to assess just how out of shape I’d got in the last 4 months.

  • Distance: 17 miles
  • Time: 1hr 30mins
  • Avg. Speed: 11.3 mph

Not bad considering. Things were starting to hurt as I got to the last couple of miles, but it’s a good kind of hurt. All in all a successful run for my first time out this year and I’m confident that it wont take long for the times to start coming down and the distances to start increasing.

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  1. One Response to “Day 2 - The Hangover”

  2. By eoan on Mar 28, 2008

    The Hangover… this will be a recurring title I reckon

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