Cycle 110km
Cycle 110km, steady, HR140(163)
Up at a reasonable hour, out the door well before 10am for a jaunt across the Chilterns to Stokenchurch, Henley and Goring. Plenty of people out and about, hiking and cycling. The towpath at Henley was rammed with people taking a stroll. A few spots of rain on the run back into Cowley, it was that sort of day. Found this ride more tiring than it ought to’ve been – that cold is still running me down a bit. Nevertheless a +15-hour week, at last.
New year’s resolutions
I’m not much of one for this sort of thing, but in 2012: I’m going to try to: (1) floss more (I promised my dentist I would and just didn’t come up with the goods in 2011!), (2) have three sober days a week (although some evenings I only have a single beer with dinner it’s been, at best, one or two days a week without a drink for the past 15 or 20 years, that’s not so good), (3) wear a cycle helmet for those little trips around town where I’ve not bothered in the past. I owe that to Jules, and to all those medics who ask a million times ”were you wearing a helmet?” every time I pass through the ED at the JR2.
No. 3 has got to be top priority, especially in light of your tumble last year.
I managed to go out without my helmet once last winter, hadn’t realised until several miles down the road when my under helmet started flapping at the sides. I’ve never felt more vulnerable in my life; just wanted to get back home.