In another motivational\u00a0aberration brought on by the #June100<\/strong> Challenge, I had pasta alfredo early last night, got changed and snuck (is that the past tense of sneak?<\/em>) a quick hour on the Focus Fat Boy before the 9pm watershed.<\/p>\n My favourite loop is about 7.5 miles, to Hollingworth Lake and back along the Rochdale Canal. \u00a0That’s not far enough, except as an excuse for tea and cake up at t’Lake.<\/p>\n If I go via Milnrow, it raises to 9.3 miles or so. \u00a0Tantalisingly close to double figures. \u00a0So my last couple of rides have included an extra lap round the Lake to get me over 10 miles.<\/p>\n Last night, I took a detour at the beginning of my ride, along a tarmac\u00a0farm road between Firgrove Playing Fields and then alongside a brook that runs towards Milnrow. \u00a0Anything to avoid the main road, which is as dull as The Daily Politics on BBC1. \u00a0Combined with 2 laps of Hollingworth Lake, this added up to a slightly more useful 11.41 miles, which brought me in at 57 minutes with tired legs. \u00a0Ideal!<\/p>\n The only downside was that it was quite gusty, so my maximum speed pedalling on the big ring down the hill, away from the Lake was a bit pants.<\/p>\n Average Speed \u00a0 \u00a011.9 mph Have a look at the route here if you fancy:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nMaximum Speed 24.9 mph
\nAscent\/Descent \u00a0370 m
\nCalories Burned \u00a0753<\/p>\nShare with your friends:<\/h3>