N took me out for a little bit of a bike ride yesterday; from Richmond to Walton on Thames. 25 mile round trip! On the way, we averaged 13mph, but dropped to 12.5mph on the way back mostly due to me having a bit of a moment on a hill (well, OK it was an actual panic attack, which I've never had before and my throat closed up, I couldn't breathe and I sounded almost exactly like someone having an asthma attack. quite scary, but I got over it and finished the hill without walking up).
25 miles! That was 800kcal (according to www.weightlossresources.co.uk) so we stuffed our faces silly with pizza in the evening. J and N are off doing London to Brighton today, so they had totally free rein over scoffage. 'course, even though I'm a bit sunburnt and feeling a teensy bit dodgy in the belly due to that, I really want to go out again on my bike today. So. I have maps... :o)
Oh, and on Friday I cycled to N's in the evening. TfL said it should take 40 minutes and it took me only 35, by a far less direct route *beam* This is fun!
(7.5 miles on Friday, 25 miles on Saturday))
