Last week I could have realistically hit my Sep100 target.\u00a0 I had four days to go and a hittable target of 15 miles per day to get there.\u00a0 But then things went awry: my Tuesday night long ride went west, for a number of reasons I won’t bore you with here.\u00a0 So…. I failed.\u00a0 this is despite the generous encouragement of \u00a375 worth of charitable pledges from readers of this blog.\u00a0 So, I’m sorry guys and gals but I’ll make it up to you somehow.<\/p>\n
On a fine Saturday afternoon, I was gifted a couple of hours of “Me Time<\/em>” so I took ’em!\u00a0 I mapped out a loop to Tandle Hills and wasted some time converting kml to gpx so I could stick the track into my phone GPS app.\u00a0 If you ever wanna do that, this little web-based app was what I used<\/a>.\u00a0 Geekiness over, out I went.<\/p>\n The ride was more pleasant than I’d expected.\u00a0 A couple of short-cuts, found whilst mapping on the laptop, helped a lot and the climbs were more gentle than I thought they’d be.\u00a0 It was muddy off the roads, but hey, mud = good<\/strong>.\u00a0 That’s why I ride a mountain bike.<\/p>\n\n\t\t