7 Days

HI EVERYBODY!!
HI DR NICK!!

Sorry, I couldn't resist! :P

Ok, so I'm on holidays from work since Sunday evening, for a week.
7 days of bliss, and kinda great timing considering the weather here in Limerick since yesterday! My week started off on a downer, unfortunately a family friend who fought a 14-month hard battle with cancer died early Friday morning and was buried Monday (yesterday).  A lady is all she was, left behind 7 kids (8 if you include 'unofficial' Son No 5!), sisters, nephews, nieces and friends. A beautiful day for a beautiful lady, she will be truly missed.
Her strength, and the strength of her family, will give me strength this week, because I have set myself a challenge for my week off. 7 days of good mileage, good mileage being anything over 10 miles of course! Between having a bad 10-12 days run of a cold and night duty and everything else, my mileage has not been good enough for me considering I reached 15.36 miles before I got sick. So, the challenge:  Reach 20 miles in one session (including 'downhill' breaks) by Sunday!  So, I started the week off nicely, 11.17 miles! Moderate pace of course, but I did sweat! It was not a walk in the damn People's Park! Lets see what I can do today! I need to be able to cycle between 20-30 miles or for 2-Hours to be able to do one phase of a stage, from what I can gather of course! When I found last years itinary, I saw you cycled for two hours, had a half hour break, then cycled for another 2 hours, then your Lunch break and then your final KMs/Miles to your finishing destination!!

So, like I said, if I can do between 20-30 miles or 2 hours of cycling, I should be ok!! But, time  - and the cycle in September - will tell that! Now if you shall excuse me, my porridge is nearly ready #cleanbreakfastforadirtymind and all that! :P