A New Personal Best - most miles in a week

This week I've cycled 321.3 miles, beating my last record of 270.8 set 5-11 May 2014, thanks to a long bank holiday Monday ride, two commutes and a weekend ride to Broughton and back staying in the lovely Forest Pines Hotel and Golf Resort. Very pleased with that record.

For my records, the last PB I achieved was 12-18 May and that was the longest ride, 143.6 miles for the Etape du Dales.

This was the view from the hotel's golf bar terrace yesterday evening. Now I'm no golfing expert but it looked like a very well groomed course, the picture doesn't really do it justice.

Had a leg massage at the hotel spa but bizarrely she only massaged my calves. Could really have done with the quads and hamstrings getting a seeing to, much more than the calves. Calves did feel fresh afterwards though.

One thing they do in Lincolnshire is very straight, long, flat roads - like this one which was like that for 4 miles and ran alongside fields on the right and some kind of man made drainage channel on the left which ultimately flowed into the River Trent.

Well I was at a Golf Resort so I needed a caddy...

Crossing the Stainforth and Keadby Canal.

Strava route links Ilkley to Broughton near Scunthorpe:
Outward bound
Homeward bound

I didn't make the 200km Audax but I did have a great ride instead

I just couldn't motivate myself to do the 200km Audax today but I did meet up with Al for a 7am ride up to Conistone and back, taking in a cheeky Langbar climb at the end and we both smashed our personal best times up it.

That's thanks to Al, if I'd have been on my own I'd have trundled home on the back roads in my comfort zone but he lit the touchpaper and we were off!

That was a perfect ride for how I was feeling today.

I should have done 10 hrs training according to my plan this week, I've actually done 6. Still, I've enjoyed those 6 hours and pushed the envelope (is that the term?!) at the end of today's ride so that will do.

Oh, and did I mention how hard it was getting out of bed at 6am on Sunday?! I looked at my phone sort of hoping Al would have bailed but absolutely knowing he wouldn't. Thankfully he never does.