5 Mile Dam Ride - Unfitness test

Hi there, Well we finally plucked up enough courage to test how unfit we are.
Easter Monday saw us setting off on a ride leaving Chris's house and making our uneasy way past the technology campus and along the canal footpath towards The Ship inn at the bottom of Blackbrook. Once there we picked up the Sankey Valley route did a circuit of Carr Mill Dam then went back to Chris's
Everything was going OK until about 1.5 miles in when we encountered The Waterside pub. Panting like dogs on a hot sunny day we managed to resist the urge to take a well earned drink (soft of course). Pushing on we made steady progress until we reached 'The Goyt'. Here Ste decided to take on three steps, nearly throwing himself over the handlebars whilst letting out a loud Errrrrrrrrrrrrr.......... as though he'd been punched in the stomach by Ricky Hatton.
Half way through and it was time to take on some drinks. Chris's head had sprung a major leak - he was sweating like a cat in a microwave. But we cracked on and finished the circuit making our way safely back to Chris's. Legs shaking, head pumping and arse killing, all felt good after our first outing.

5 miles down (average miles per day of actual event 81).


If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing badly - G.K. Chesterton