The heatwave continued for the early part of the week at least. On bank holiday Monday I went for a gentle ten mile trail run with Neil, Jason and Chris, and it was something like 26?C, which made it surprisingly tiring.
I worked at home on Tuesday for some reason that I can’t remember, so missed out on air conditioning but also on what would have been a warm ride there and back. I did ride out to Felixstowe with Neil for club training, but fortunately it had cooled off a bit my then.
I belatedly ordered a new fan for the bedroom to replace the one that exploded while I was using it with my indoor bike trainer (the floor fan I bought at the time is a bit more on the industrial side, and is about ten times too loud and blowy to ever be able to use while I was sleeping). I got a SilentNight-branded one didn’t cost a huge amount and seems to work pretty well – it even has a low-speed sleep mode and a remote control which means no getting up to turn it on/off/up/down during the night.
Every so often I remember that if I want a quick break from work I can go for a walk in the countryside without even having to leave site. I had a wander in the woods and past the old pond on Wednesday, which was very pleasant.
Friday was another Friday 5 race – this time at Framlingham. I was still feeling worn out from the heat, and ended up around half a minute slower than last week. Handily race HQ is at the sports club, which means there’s a bar available for a post-race pint. This was followed on Saturday morning with a very slow parkrun, then on Sunday a bunch of us went for a social jog round the old (and superior) Ipswich parkrun course at Chantry Park. I made some doughnuts for afterwards, which seemed to go down well, but forgot to take a photo of them. On the way back I managed to beat my best time on the infamous Woodville Burn uphill Strava segment – I think the lower gearing on the red bike suits it well.
Over the weekend I finally got round to switching the brake cables on my road bike round to normal UK spec, so I’m no longer in danger of losing control by accidentally braking the wrong wheel. I also started trying to replace the gear cables on the yellow bike I’m slowly reassembling, before realising that the ones I’d ordered had the wrong ends on them. I’ve now ordered a proper full set of actual Shimano cables to do the job properly.
Back the the clubhouse (aka Cricketers) on Sunday evening to sit in the garden for a few beers and some food with the usual crowd, but a more civilised finish time this week, what with everyone having to be at work the next day.