Planned: 60 minute, easy spin.

Actual: 70 minute ride, with lots of hills.

Oops – this isn’t entirely my fault, I live in a valley – effectively you cannot get anywhere without a hill. The fact that I get excited and loop around, up, over, up, over the hills is irrelevant (maybe). So effectively I crumbled as soon as I swung my leg over the top tube. It was a glorious ride – but it kind of hurt, and was much worse afterwards. Probably not worth it, I’ll admit.

I’m signed up for a race on Saturday, but resign myself to the unavoidable and email the organiser with my DNS sob story and multiple apologies.