Back in the saddle

Had a pretty self-indulgent week post-Glasshouse. Oh well.

Intended to ride Saturday, but ended up staying in Toowong on Friday night, and was all set to go, to the extent of being dressed and poised with the bike at 4:50am, when I realised I felt a bit 'exposed'. No helmet! Frak!

So, after an offer from my usual riding companion on Saturday afternoon, I lined up at about 6:30 Sunday morning for what had been promised as a 'long slow ride' of around 2 hours. A couple of the Saturday group somehow got involved, so the long slow ride involved leaving Toowong for an immediate attack on Mt Coot-tha (failed to make it to Channel 10 by about 400 metres) and then a lap of the river loop - basically back to Indooroopilly via the NE end of Chapel Hill, over the bridge to Chelmer and then Tennyson, and up the east bank of the river to West End for coffee (as you do) and then back to the start at Toowong. Did a touch over a marathon (42.2k) at reasonable pace considering the mountain climb at the start.

Got a few niggles (left hammie, quads, etc) and a massage lined up tomorrow that will hurt. Oh well, suck it up. Back on track now.