Zwift race on Tuesday evening woke up with rather swollen knee yesterday, eased off a bit this morning but a bit of a concern so will have to monitor over the next few days.
GrimAF

So glad you’re enjoying this self inflicted ‘challenge’ @Poet
Puts a smile on my face every day.
Everybody loves a Christmas quiz, yeah?
Here’s mine 
What’s wetter?
A) An otters pocket
B) Cardi B’s WAP
C) Cheshire Lanes

Cut todays ride short by about 20km 
Couldn’t face the uphill finish which I’d already done at the end of Tuesday’s ride.
90km 27.4kmh
198W NP / 179W AP
128bpm ave / 151bpm max
410km / 500km done in four days.
All solo.
Group ride tomorrow. TFFT
Deffo not doing this again next week 
At least try to look as if you’re enjoying it. Might encourage a few more of us…or not 

Look at the amount of rain on my glasses.
There was zero enjoyment today.
I made up the route on the fly, missed a turn and ended up stuck in traffic in town, watching my average speed fall

Pretty sure I won’t be finishing this this year, weather isn’t looking great for longer outside rides, and unlike last year I can actually run so won’t be as keen to sit on the Wattbike in the garage. Also got a race on NYD so will probably need to take it easy on NYE.
Hardmoors?
Get it done outside.
I’ve had so much fun so far.
It’s not been a total slog.
Especially after all my summer IM training rides were done in the rain/hail/snow.
I love weather, me.
Yes, Hardmoors 15. Going on the weather forecast it’s going to be a bit boggy I think on the coastal part of the CW.
I don’t like weather, cold or rain!
That’s my secondary schools sponsored walk route 

But we started in Gods Own Town, obvs 
The race should start there, I think it’s back to the original route unless they are changing again.
COMPLETED IT MATE 


502km in 5 days.
Here’s a smile @mw22
Also some decent power numbers on the group ride today 

With that smile, and the little bottle of champers, are you thinking maybe doing it again next week doesn’t sound so bad?
Ha ha ha 
Maybe 
But I need to paint the turbo room.
Plus the bike needs some maintenance.
And I’ve covered just about every flat road I know, so I’d have to head east into the Peaks.
Which would be abysmal.
So head is saying no.
To quote R. Kelly (which isn’t something I thought I’d say today)
But my body, my body, is telling me yeah…
I’m not sure I’m going to get it done this year. Chalked up a poor 60kms today.
Planned on 100 but the rain and hunger led me to binning it off.
Not eaten today so I’m off to Tescoes to stuff my face
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, actually I love it:
“500 kilometres. Eight days. 24th-31st December.”
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Yeah, I know.
@gingerbongo said I could start 4 days early.
I said the same to @jgav above.
I’ll let you off then 
This is the way


