Dark Knight, Bright Day.

I decided that as 48hrs had passed since the Ironman had re-introduced me to the velocipede, it was time to see if my legs would forgive me, and so after some coin flipping over heading North or South, I left Milngavie at 4.17 this afternoon with a jaunt in mind. Heading North, I immediately began to climb out of the city boundary, and past the reservoir, This gave me a wake up call, as my legs and lungs both rebelled, and demanded a bus or taxi... but with some careful cajoling, I managed to coax my wheezing body up over the first few wee hills and got on the high ground which looks across to the Campsie fells. After a speedy downhill in to Strathblane I turned right and headed for Lennoxtown, the road undulates along, with some short sharp inclines and a few sweeping bends, the traffic was light, drivers considerate and I was pleased with my initial pace. The complaining had stopped in my Quads and the lungs operating again, so I switched on the mp3 player, (plugged into one ear only, so I could hear traffic)and trundled along listening to some very cheesy 80's tracks. I then began to think about peaking too soon, and wondered for a considerable time what my "Lactate Threshold" was; I decided it must be a problem created by having too many cows to milk; I can imagine the mooing must distract you.... Passed through Lennoxtown, I then onto Milton of Campsie, and stayed on the back road until it met the main A803, where I turned right and headed back, timed the lights in Kirkintilloch well and was soon turning right toward Torrance. The traffic was much heavier, but the road is quite wide and nothing scary occurred. A short spin right at the Bardowie roundabout and I was almost home, again I timed the lights as i reached Milngavie beautifully, but was rewarded by my legs suddenly deciding they did'nt want to climb the last wee incline and I found myself crawling over the brow of the hill, swept left, and found myself home. 21.5 miles, 1hr, 16 mins. No big hills such as I encountered with the Ironman, but plenty of bumps to encourage use of the "Flight Deck" which is just about the best invention since, well, the wheel!