A view of Belvoir Castle in the distance.
Yesterday morning I got out on my second decent ride of the year. It's been about five months since I've had the pleasure of cycling the Belvoir Castle loop which starts off in my home town of Nottingham, where my parents live. Like before it was a beautiful sunny day although at only 3 or 4 celcius the temperature was way colder. As I passed iced over pot holes that hadn't thawed in the winter sun I was reminded to take care cycling along the narrow country roads and through the picturesque little villages that make up my favourite home town training ride.
The ride took me through the villages of Cropwell Bishop, Colston Bassett, Harby, Eastwell, Eaton, Branston, Knipton, Harston, Denton, Woolsthorpe, Belvoir, Redmile, Sutton, Granby, Barnstone, Langar, Cotgrave and finally back to West Bridgford in Nottingham. I recorded the distance at just under 74km with 538m of ascent and 622m of descent.
I'm already looking forward to next weekend's training sessions and it's only Sunday evening! Depending on the weather I hope to get a 3 to 4 hour ride in on Saturday and a longish run on Sunday. I'm back in London so the ride will probably be into Essex while the run will take in either Victoria Park or a new route I've been introduced to by Chris which is a harcore 11km run he calls the 3 peak challenge. Ok, there aren't any peaks in London but hey it's good to embellish a bit.
2 comments:
Hey Jason, am very interested to know about both routes you mention for this coming weekend but especially the long run route as I've been running around Victoria Park for ages now and any new routes in that area would be very welcome!
Thanks
James
Hi James,
The route I call the 3 Peak challenge isn't in the Victoria Park area. You have to head over to Hamstead. Essentially the run takes you around the outside of the Heath and over 3 main hills. If your looking for a bit of hill training in the London area it really is the best place to run, or cycle for the matter, without leaving London. Next time I do the run I'll record it and post it here.
Alternatively try mixing up long runs between Victoria Park and Clissold Park. A couple of loops around each park on the same run is going to take to somewhere around the 20km mark.
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