Day 12 - The Bike does it again!

Knowing I was going to the cinema with Alex in the evening (to see the mind-blowing MUSE - Drones tour broadcast... his birthday treat haha!) I went for a walk at lunchtime, cycled in to town to see him, cycled back again. I only needed to do an extra lap around the block. 

 This was an odd one, as ordinarily, faced with Alex and a pint, I'm happy to sit for the evening, but in the back of my mind was "close the ring, close the ring" so I had to cry off early. Oddly, I'm normally mindful that socialising time is eating into training time... in this case it was the other way round. Ho-hum, such is the nature of these challenges!

 So far, I've noticed that it's easier to complete the circle on a bike than in the gym, so I've found myself going for that more than anything else. In that respect, it's a limiting factor. On the plus side, it's got me training when otherwise I likely wouldn't have.

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