....so much for my pledge to update on a more regular basis.
I'm not training as such at the moment, and haven't been for quite a while now. 4 months out with a calf tear, and an ongoing achilles (both related) problem which has lasted for a year so far, has put paid to any thoughts I had of running long this year. What I have done, is a lot of cycling. I commute to work so the miles rack up, but I've also been getting out at weekends too.
I bought a new MTB at Christmas (a Cube) and have been using this for the majority of my rides, complete with 26x2.25 knobblies, and kitted up with not so aerodynamic mudguards, and various other commuting things like lights and bags. They all add to the weight to make the rides that extra bit challenging.
I'm dying to get out on my speedy road bike again, and we've had some good weather recently, but sadly our local roads leave a lot to be desired, and I fear a visit or 2 from the puncture fairy, if I venture out too soon on it.
Bobby left the RAF at the end of January, although he's on garden leave until May. After weeks of pondering, and wondering about his future, he has finally settled on a job that was offered in Saudi. It'll mean months of living apart, with me being a single parent, but all things considered, it made financial sense for him to take it.
Anyway, I digress....
I've added another page to the blog for my photography challenge....I'll be posting more about that soon...
I'm not sure if it's my age (I'm officially middle aged), but I've been finding myself ranting at a lot of stuff recently, more than usual. Things that wouldn't have necessarily bothered me a few years ago, are really getting on my wick now, and my rants are filtering into areas of my life, I don't want them to. So, in light of this, I've decided to dump my rants here......
The thing that is really getting my goat at the moment is that someone, a lot of people, keep insisting on stealing *my* bike slot at work. Any innocent bystander that walks past at the moment I arrive at work to find yet another bike parked in my slot, will no doubt be highly amused at the stamping of feet and toddler tantrum like strops that follow. I work at a Primary School so I fit right in.
Another pet hate at the moment, is bad driving. I've been knocked off my bike umpteen times recently and it's wearing a bit thin. Luckily there has been no major damage to either me or my bike, but it does concern me that one of these days I may not be so lucky. I hate drivers when I'm cycling, in the same way I hate cyclists when I'm driving...hypocrite!
And my biggest bug bear of all is fat arsed chav mothers, that push double buggies, whilst texting, as their brood of unruly snivelling brats runs wild on the pavement.
Anyway, enough for now...i will dump rants here as I think of them!
