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<blockquote data-quote="WallisOnline" data-source="post: 2647385" data-attributes="member: 580135"><p>Monday 2nd - Saturday 7th October</p><p></p><p>So during the week days my cycling time is pretty much all done in the local gym due to work and family commitments (6 kids keep ya busy!). This isn't a bad thing as it allows me to introduce a couple of days of structured training like hill climbs, sprints, endurance etc.</p><p></p><p>Since the 1st I have managed to cover the below distances:</p><p></p><p>Monday - 13.47 miles gym bike</p><p>Tuesday - 16.06 miles gym bike</p><p>Wednesday - 4.3 miles cycling to and from the office</p><p>Thursday - no cycling (kickboxing for younglings)</p><p>Friday - 17.5 miles gym bike</p><p>Saturday 14.85 miles gym bike</p><p></p><p>Including my first ride on the previous Sunday this gave me a grand total of 84.09 miles for the first 7 days of October... this is well ahead of my planned 10 miles per day average so it felt good to bank the extra miles to my target!</p><p></p><p>Sunday 8th October</p><p></p><p>Today I had planned to try and go just a few miles further than last Sunday on a slightly different route that would take me more along national cycle route 6 rather than going along the roads. This also meant I was able to swing by Newsread Abbey!</p><p></p><p>My day started at 6am again, but today I decided to have a very small portion of porridge before I left to try and stop me getting hungry whilst out riding like last time. I decided again to not take my gliclazide tablet with this breakfast and would save it for when I had some toast when I got home! Took a quick finger prick and the results were 5.7mmol/L so we were good to go.</p><p></p><p>My route took me along National cycle route 6 and about 2 miles in my front light decided to stop working, it seems in my preparation I forgot to charge my lights and the battery had died, so I had to make the decision to carry on or go home, at 6:30 in the morning the sun was just rising and most of the start of the route is off the roads so I continued on.</p><p></p><p>The first place I came across was Mill Lakes, there was a little fog in the distance but no people around.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/71abf090b164444ef8dd9475653f54a8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Because I was following route 6 this took me along a long gravel path with no roads around, and no people! I took a quick stop for a drink and decided I wasn't going to test my blood levels whilst out today as I was confident enough from the previous week that I was going to be OK [emoji16]</p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/6bb823046a54135599349ac31fc4f514.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>A bit further round the paths was my next stop for a drink and photo, stopping here was the reason I chose this route for this week. Newstead Abbey with no people around is certainly an eerie place but looking so nice, no photo can do it justice, and it seems someone left a bike in the way!</p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/1b72362ab923f850f1a5fd1c9bd6afff.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Because there are no places open at the time of morning that I am out on a Sunday I took a picture of one of the many country pubs and I decided to stop at and have a seat for 5 minutes. I can say it's a very good pub for food having been there earlier in the year and would recommend it to anyone near blidworth bottoms!</p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/aaee4085d6dae507733e32339dafe72e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Finally, within the last 2 miles of home I passed Alexandra lodge, which is a grade 2 listed building I believe dating from early 1860's now used as a base for the park rangers of the country park it's next to.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/b7351b1444d812d64e02a08b38a4dfbf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Got home having covered 22.29 miles, blood sugars were measured and read 5.4 mmol/L so again looking good for the start of the day and made it back in time to take Child 4 to kickboxing for his double grading class!</p><p></p><p>Another good bump in my miles for Diabetes UK and takes me over 100 miles so far so very pleased with my progress!</p><p></p><p>Edited by Mod to remove link to fundraising page</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/a5ddc64fd1dbad2de4b2ee04f00c0255.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/513bf431aa4cb747b17270577f1b8ba1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WallisOnline, post: 2647385, member: 580135"] Monday 2nd - Saturday 7th October So during the week days my cycling time is pretty much all done in the local gym due to work and family commitments (6 kids keep ya busy!). This isn't a bad thing as it allows me to introduce a couple of days of structured training like hill climbs, sprints, endurance etc. Since the 1st I have managed to cover the below distances: Monday - 13.47 miles gym bike Tuesday - 16.06 miles gym bike Wednesday - 4.3 miles cycling to and from the office Thursday - no cycling (kickboxing for younglings) Friday - 17.5 miles gym bike Saturday 14.85 miles gym bike Including my first ride on the previous Sunday this gave me a grand total of 84.09 miles for the first 7 days of October... this is well ahead of my planned 10 miles per day average so it felt good to bank the extra miles to my target! Sunday 8th October Today I had planned to try and go just a few miles further than last Sunday on a slightly different route that would take me more along national cycle route 6 rather than going along the roads. This also meant I was able to swing by Newsread Abbey! My day started at 6am again, but today I decided to have a very small portion of porridge before I left to try and stop me getting hungry whilst out riding like last time. I decided again to not take my gliclazide tablet with this breakfast and would save it for when I had some toast when I got home! Took a quick finger prick and the results were 5.7mmol/L so we were good to go. My route took me along National cycle route 6 and about 2 miles in my front light decided to stop working, it seems in my preparation I forgot to charge my lights and the battery had died, so I had to make the decision to carry on or go home, at 6:30 in the morning the sun was just rising and most of the start of the route is off the roads so I continued on. The first place I came across was Mill Lakes, there was a little fog in the distance but no people around. [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/71abf090b164444ef8dd9475653f54a8.jpg[/IMG] Because I was following route 6 this took me along a long gravel path with no roads around, and no people! I took a quick stop for a drink and decided I wasn't going to test my blood levels whilst out today as I was confident enough from the previous week that I was going to be OK [emoji16] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/6bb823046a54135599349ac31fc4f514.jpg[/IMG] A bit further round the paths was my next stop for a drink and photo, stopping here was the reason I chose this route for this week. Newstead Abbey with no people around is certainly an eerie place but looking so nice, no photo can do it justice, and it seems someone left a bike in the way! [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/1b72362ab923f850f1a5fd1c9bd6afff.jpg[/IMG] Because there are no places open at the time of morning that I am out on a Sunday I took a picture of one of the many country pubs and I decided to stop at and have a seat for 5 minutes. I can say it's a very good pub for food having been there earlier in the year and would recommend it to anyone near blidworth bottoms! [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/aaee4085d6dae507733e32339dafe72e.jpg[/IMG] Finally, within the last 2 miles of home I passed Alexandra lodge, which is a grade 2 listed building I believe dating from early 1860's now used as a base for the park rangers of the country park it's next to. [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/b7351b1444d812d64e02a08b38a4dfbf.jpg[/IMG] Got home having covered 22.29 miles, blood sugars were measured and read 5.4 mmol/L so again looking good for the start of the day and made it back in time to take Child 4 to kickboxing for his double grading class! Another good bump in my miles for Diabetes UK and takes me over 100 miles so far so very pleased with my progress! Edited by Mod to remove link to fundraising page [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/a5ddc64fd1dbad2de4b2ee04f00c0255.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231008/513bf431aa4cb747b17270577f1b8ba1.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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