A$$HOLE Wasp.

For over THIRTY THREE years (as far as I know) I've avoided being stung by bee or wasp, it seems nature decided up on today to end my streak of only being attacked by plants.

Pedal the corner, up the bank, let the bike slide.... PAIN IN MY LEG, look down WASP using it's stinger to hold on to my shin.. NO FREE RIDES ALLOWED ASSHOLE, smack it off, too late, injected, PAIN! actually surprisingly painful, can't work out which hole in my skin was made by the yellow and black c---, decide on the least bleeding of them, mah nothing to do, carry on.

So, readers, I survived being attacked by nature's jerk, evidently I'm not allergic to them, which is something I've always wondered about.

50.2 miles - stupidly warm, 22deg, humid, sunny, windy

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1397.50 in one month, 46+ average, little wonder I've been knackered by 11pm most days!

This is my biggest monthly figure ever, by over 200 miles.

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... TOOOOO HOT! it's not been this warm for 3 years, so I'm all over the place, first thing to do today was cut the pace down, which, well, didn't go to plan as I still threw down 12.8 average... maybe riding naked would be cooler? I won't try this though as there's nothing worse than pastey English flesh being forced up on people.

I didn't start well today, case of the "Monday Wrong Legs" struggled the whole time, I might resort to taking some Nuun before bed-time to help with overnight heat.. it can't hurt.

One day left, and I can relax the rides a bit and take some recovery time, it's been pretty much full speed all month.

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344.00

Did it again, part accident - part planned.

+5.6 on last week.

51.3 miles - 12.8avg | Dry, L Wind, Mist->Clear, Hot, 18-21degrees.

Note: 24 miles more than the best week I had using a road bike

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Last Saturday's ride put some thoughts into my mind, the thought of breaking 60 miles in one ride.

Today was the day, and despite quite a bit of spitting rain, the conditions were near perfect, and success was achieved.

Average speed was an astonishing 13.0mph, climbing total a smidge over 7000ft, stopped time around 8 minutes, a tick in all the boxes to rate this as one of the best performances of the year, and I still had enough power left to destroy a could of riders at mile 56.

I dedicate the rest of the day to eating.

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