{"id":855,"date":"2011-05-24T11:59:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T11:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=855"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:18:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:18:59","slug":"how-will-i-finish-the-may100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/how-will-i-finish-the-may100\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>How Will I Finish The #May100 ?<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Damn You, Cycling!<\/h2>\n<p>So far this month, I&#8217;ve cycled 89.96 miles, all of them leisure. \u00a0I don&#8217;t do that commuting lark as I work in a poncy suit in a poncy office and on the only dress-down day we have (<em>Friday<\/em>), I take my daughter to school which is 6 miles in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n<h2>So, What&#8217;s The Problem?<\/h2>\n<p>I always ride on Tuesday nights, for around 11.28 miles &#8211; not that I&#8217;m a creature of habit or anything! \u00a0Then ever other Saturday, I have the day to myself: I get a few chores done then I have a few hours out, and always hit somewhere between 25 and 30 miles.<\/p>\n<p>No problem. \u00a0Until this week.<\/p>\n<p>My schedule would have me do my 11.28 miles tonight and the #May100 would be done, <em><strong>woohoo!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_856\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0186-e1306238092837.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-856\" data-attachment-id=\"856\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/how-will-i-finish-the-may100\/img_0186\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0186-e1306238092837.jpg?fit=498%2C209&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"498,209\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1305920970&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0016920473773266&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sunset Over Littleborough\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;On The Way Back From Tunshill With My Boy Last Friday&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0186-e1306238092837.jpg?fit=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0186-e1306238092837.jpg?fit=300%2C126&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-856\" title=\"Sunset Over Littleborough\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0186-e1306238092837.jpg?resize=498%2C209\" alt=\"Sunset Over Littleborough\" width=\"498\" height=\"209\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On The Way Back From Tunshill With My Boy Last Friday<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight is Tuesday. \u00a0<a title=\"My Tuesday Night Autopilot Loop on Dailymile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymile.com\/people\/PhillC\/entries\/7178446\" target=\"_blank\">Autopilot Loop<\/a> night. \u00a0Tonight, Utility Masters Rovers Of The South United are playing in a football match against the mighty Gazprom (<em>sponsors of <a title=\"FC Schalke 04's website, but not in German.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.schalke04.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Schalke<\/a> and one of the biggest companies in the universe &#8211; but we&#8217;re just playing a bunch of chancers from the Manchester office<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>So I can&#8217;t ride tonight. \u00a0&#8220;<em>No problem<\/em>&#8220;, I hear you cry, &#8220;<em>Just ride over the weekend.<\/em>&#8221; \u00a0Well, this weekend I&#8217;m off to Llangollen with a friend, <a title=\"White Water Rafting - Woohoo!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jjraftcanoe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">white water rafting<\/a>. \u00a0It&#8217;s going to be awesome. \u00a0But I won&#8217;t be riding my bike.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow is Wednesday. \u00a0Regular footy night with the lads from work. \u00a0On Thursday I do the school run and we have a family evening. \u00a0On Friday we&#8217;re kid-free so it&#8217;s couples night.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0<strong><em>have<\/em><\/strong> to get those 11 miles in! \u00a0Now what? 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