After yesterday's battle with the wind I went out again.No rest for the wicked I guess.
Today, its a SSW wind at only 10mph. According to the map, this would be more of a help, at least compared to yesterday.
And it was, to an extent.
I managed more like my 15mph average, with yesterday's bad stretch done 50s quicker than yesterday, but still 30s slower than my target time.
The wind from the south was nice for the last few km, as I got a good head of steam up. I blasted past another guy on a slicker bike too and felt good until he caught and passed me on the run up to the train station. But then between him and his bike, I guess he was about 30kg lighter...
One of the features of MapMyRide where I upload my stats is that I have set up a few courses along the route so I can compare my times to anyone else doing that particular section. With today's tail wind I was keen to see how I did on the NE stretch.
To my annoyance the website refused to accept that the cycle was part of any of my courses.
For some bizarre reason this morning cycle seems to have recorded me turning left instead of right at the royal Troon Golf Course and then continuing south until I reached a point about 50km north of Algiers in Algeria. I then turned North and headed to a point just outside Galashiels before heading back to Troon and resuming my cycle. All this in a quicker time than yesterday.
Don't know why it did this. A quick Google search suggests solar flares interfering with GPS signal. Perhaps that Indian mission to Mars is in more difficulty than the news has reported.
