Girls on Cogs

So it was another sunny Tuesday for cycling and we headed out on a similar route to last week. Well it had worked well, we could do some fast miles and no-one could come up with another suggestion. I think Em also wanted to enjoy a faster run on the borrowed road bike and not get burned off by the boys!

After a few arguments about who would lead our peloton (loosely speaking as there were only 4 of us!), we headed out through Anstey, Rothley, Cossington, and up to Hoby. Having completed around 20 miles we found a pub with a beer garden and a menu that suited Mat (a creamy rabbit casserole), we chose our food and sat outside while the sun set. Lots of discussions about the politics and the future of certain cycle shops in Leicester, broadsheets and the internet, not too much beer for me (I’d been indulging heavily at Leicester’s Summer Sundae festival over the weekend) and then back on the bikes through Syston, Thurmaston and arrived in Leicester before 11! Just over 30 miles in total, and no sugar crashes this week!

So we’ve been back 2 weeks and despite out tolerance for rain whilst on LEJOG we have not been tempted out on a Tuesday night. Both Hels and I have been cycling to work as usual but nothing else, but both agreed we are really missing the cycling.

Anyway the sun was shining last night and it felt great to be back on Jude’s bike (which I still haven’t returned!). I have been back on my very heavy hybrid to work everyday and its been hard work by comparison. So Stav, Hels and I headed out of Leicester via Beaumount Leys, Thurcaston, Rothley, Quorn,  Six Hills and Seagrave. Bit of a nightmare getting out of Leicester, which seems to be a fairly regular problem. We all seem to have a mental block how to get out of town? We were all at cross purposes where we were going so kept loosing each other.

Finally on the open road and I had a massive blood sugar crash despite my massive piece of cake before heading out the door. Had some Lucozade and headed off again. Weather was lovely and there were quite a few other cyclist out. Finally reached Six Hills and I had another blood sugar crash and felt terrible. Luckily I bought 2 bottles of lucozade. Headed to Seagrave for much needed pie and chips. That finally sorted out my nutritional needs and we had a really good blast home. I think even Stav thought we held are own!!!

Miles: 35 ish – Hels had the computer