Sun - Clear blue sky, sunny & cool air to start, getting warmer. Soon it will be summer and hot hot hot. 29km around Avenue 2/Al Jasra. Crazy drivers, overtaking coming towards you at a closing speed of 120kph, leaving just a metre spare or a decision to go off the road. Betty's birthday party at Embassy in evening. Landlord has bought a Concept 2 rowing machine for the gym, and finally has said he will repair the pool heater/chiller.
Mon - 41km to Hamad, up to Awali and back. 3 headon overtaking incidents. Sports diver lecture in evening.
Tues - 31km AlJasra loops. Tried higher cadence, varying pace. Only 1 headon incident. Choir in evening - Alistair has decided Verdi sacred pieces are too difficult for us (!) so its Haydn/Handel (Zadok etc) plus Puccini Mass.
Wed - Glorious day. 28km. Must get up earlier to enjoy the bright start before the heat kicks in.
Thur - 40 lengths in pool. Stoker arrived. St George's Society White & Red ball.
Fri - Amazed we surfaced in time to tandem to Fuds for breakfast. F1 activity starting, BBC Sport staff around. Back up to Awali, hill to Riffa Fort, back down Zallaq highway and home. Hot, sweaty and lots of water drunk. 63km @ 35 C in the shade! After a shower the jetlagged stoker crashed out fast asleep. We did too much unprepared for the heat
Sat - Seemed we fitted in a lot today - 22km tandem, 40 lengths swim, spin/abs in evening then went to Adliya and saw new pedestrianised area and snack at Coco's.
Activated Garmin 605, not much different in operation from 305 apart from maps. Loaded OSM UK maps and a detailed Bahrain.img from http://mapcenter.cgpsmapper.com/. As long as I can connect to a PC, I can swop between these additional basemaps. Awaiting final LE2JOG routes before loading them on as daily Courses.
New Shimano open sandals fit nicely. Can't tell if they are cooler than shoes as the sweat just pours down my legs over them!
Activated Garmin 605, not much different in operation from 305 apart from maps. Loaded OSM UK maps and a detailed Bahrain.img from http://mapcenter.cgpsmapper.com/. As long as I can connect to a PC, I can swop between these additional basemaps. Awaiting final LE2JOG routes before loading them on as daily Courses.
New Shimano open sandals fit nicely. Can't tell if they are cooler than shoes as the sweat just pours down my legs over them!
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