My bitrthday is in January and It was cold and snowy and frosty so once again this years Ride your age ride was postponed. I was beginning to wonder if I was going to get it in as milage has not been high on any ride this year and definitley not for the Decrebit soul that I have been feeling.

But Yesterday I was talked into taking up the entry for a team with one rider that pulled out at the last minute. Road ride of 54 miles and a report will follow later when I can get the brain to work again. Pretty easy ride really but there were a few other entrants- About 30,000 of them- on the London To Brighton annual ride on Fathers day for the British Heart Foundation.

With plenty of riders you can guess that parking at the start is non-existant so last night I spent an evening in London for the early start. Cycled 5 miles to the event and the ride of 54. Only another 5 and my age would be ridden. Did that after the ride --at a very gentle pace and along the FLAT seafront at Brighton so that is one more goal down for this year. Two in fact as it also did the metric that I was planning to do shortly.

But without much training- I surprised myself and my fellow riders in the team. Did the milage and at my usual way of starting slowly and building up. No problem of the others waiting for me as we had other problems that meant I was not the slowest rider----and on top of that I climbed Ditchling Beacon without being knocked off or forced to stop by other riders-Or non-riders as the case normally is.

Just got back home and about to have a shower- A cold shower as the boiler has gone on the blink but that will have to wait for another day.