Got a call from Tom last night to say that they were going for a ride this morning form Hornsby to Brooklyn and back and did I want to come. I said yes and I’ve jsut returned. Total distance was around 48km, but the hill up from the bridge at Brooklyn was the main focus of the ride. It’s a 4km long 6% grade and the last time I did it I maintained a 14kmh pace and found it quite tough. This time it was a whole different story. It was quite easy and my average pace was just under 19kmh, so a 5kmh an hour improvement which is partly due to being fitter and partly due to the bike. It’s quite a nice ride, with most of the uphill work in the first half, which works out nicely when you’re a bit tired on the way home, so I think we’ll be doing it a few more times. Next time I’ll have my speedo on the bike, so I’ll be able to get an accurate figure rather than calculating it from Tom’s speed and a time differential. It also put me up over 100kms on the bike for the week which was an added bonus.

B: 136.2km – S: 9850m