Well it seems like last weekend’s slightly milder weather was just a momentary respite from this bitterly cold and interminable winter, as the air temperature has resumed its Arctic trend. Added to which I had a very long week at work with a couple of late nights to finish off our annual update on the sector before the publication deadline… having been up since 5am as usual on Wednesday, finally got to bed at 2am on Thursday morning, only to get up three hours later and return to my desk! This meant I disappointingly also missed out on brother-in-law Phil’s birthday dinner at our house on Tuesday night and a 3-0 Chelsea win over Birmingham at the Bridge on Wednesday night.
On Thursday we received some much better news – my mate Rob and his wife Lou are expecting their first child in August which is really exciting. They just had confirmation from their first scan today.
So given the big freeze, I spent an hour on Saturday and hour and a half on Sunday on the turbo trainer (Keiser). All a bit boring, especially Saturday when I foolishly chose to ride without either music or TV to look at – watching the seconds tick by makes time move very slowly indeed. So on Sunday, after a dig around in the cellar, I hooked up a DVD player and a small screen we used to hang over the front seat headrests for the kids to watch films in the car. I chose to watch The Colditz Story, on the basis that it was conveniently 91 minutes long – the same length as I planned to ride. It certainly helped the time pass, but I couldn’t help feeling that this supposedly iconic war film, was lacking a decent script and a certain amount of drama…perhaps it’s due a modern make-over. As it happened, I saw quite a lot of cyclists out on the roads while walking the dog in Richmond Park, which suggests I might have been a bit precious staying indoors. But also spotted quite a bit of ice at the edge of the road, so concluded I was better safe than sorry on this occasion.
Weekly totals
Commute – 60 miles
Other rides – zero
Turbo – 2.5 hours
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