Portsmouth and Back

[George]

Had a nice ride down to the coast and back today, initially joined by Stu but I dropped him at Gatton steps (sore knee )

Riding through Godalming and my rear handlebar shifter stopped working so I was stuck in the 12 sprocket all the way down to Portsmouth, so I nailed it down the A3.

In Portsmouth I had some super swift service by Steve at VeloCity bikes who replaced the knackered unit for me whilst I was in the cafe
Top blocke who gave me some tips about which TT courses where the fastest in the area.

Took a nicer hillier route on the way back via the Hayling Island Ferry then up over the South downs through Rowlands Castle, Harting, Midhurst, Northchapel, Loxwood, Oakwoodhill, Newdigate and the reverse clubrun back home.

Back home at 5pm with a nice cuppa tea to warm me up and 155miles on the clock

[Toks]

[quote="George"]
Back home at 5pm with a nice cuppa tea to warm me up and 155miles on the clock

[Stu Merckx Man]

toks- that was the initial estimate. george thought it would be about 95 odd miles to portsmouth, but it was about 70 in the end i guess.

[Andrew G]

[quote="George"]Had a nice ride down to the coast and back today

[Dombo]

George what was your average speed, ie riding time, not including cafe, pit stops etc

[George]

About 18mph

[Robh]

Regarding nurtrition and trying ensure your glycogen stores are not depleted after a long ride a lactate analyser can tell you if you are or not.

I´ve just done a 100 mile ride and burnt 5000 calories in Mallorca with 5 big climbs and will test myself in the morning pre & post breakfast to see if I was good with the nutrion on the bike and at dinner time.

Rob
FaCT Level I & II Certified

[Robh]

Resting lactate before breakfast - 0.9mmol
Resting lactate after breakfast (15mins later) - 1.3mmol

Because I had refulelled correclty on the ride and post ride my liver didn´t need break down carbohydrate to produce glucose which as a by product produces lactate. I had small spike so my glycogen stores were pretty much full.

As a contrast my room mate numbers were and he had much bigger spike so his glycogen stores were slighlty more depleted than mine :-

Resting lactate before breakfast - 0.9mmol
Resting lactate before breakfast (15mins later) - 2.6mmol

Rob
FaCT Level I & II Certified

[Amy]

Oh dear, this coversation is getting sad...

I've been meaning to mention that a few years ago I rode down to Portsmouth on my touring bike with full panniers to catch the overnight ferry to St Malo. It was the start of week's moving on holiday in Brittany - loved it
Couldn't ride back because there was no overnight ferry for the return - mind you that was a kind of relief because even with earplugs in I could feel the engine Trains are better to sleep on

[quote="Andrew G"][quote="George"]Had a nice ride down to the coast and back today

[Sylv]

[quote="Amy"]
I've been meaning to mention that a few years ago I rode down to Portsmouth on my touring bike with full panniers to catch the overnight ferry to St Malo. It was the start of week's moving on holiday in Brittany - loved it