Notes
Early morning cycle after a few beers the night before. We missed the cycling club so headed off on our own (Denis and I). Went towards Freshford, Urlingford, Culahill, Durrow, Ballyragget and back to kilkenny. The first 30km was tough as I couldn't really get into it and we're against the wind. Easier in the 15km up to Durrow where we stopped for coffee. As soon as we got back on our bikes my knee was sore. Very very tough to manage it the 33km back to kilkenny and we had to make 3-4 stops to rest and stretch. Definitely have to do some strengthening and icing on my left knee to sort this problem out once and for all. Great to get out but last hour on the bike was torture. Will try to ice it over the next 2 weeks before trying another long cycle.