1000 miles in 28 days

Ok, so I promised an update on the journey to a 1000 miles. The dull data is 1017 miles in 28 days, 24 January 2007 to 20 February inclusive. Averaging 36.3 miles per day. Peak 7 day mileage was 303 miles. Typically the time on the bike would be 2 1/2 hours a day, split between zipping along on the road bike and hauling a child in a trailer to and from school and creche. But there were 4 and 5 hour rides at the weekends, thanks Andrew :)

If the wind blows trees from the ground you cycle, if it rains you cycle, if it snows you cycle, no matter what happens you cycle. No rest days have been taken, well that is not strictly true there were days where less hills were ridden and no trailer was towed so in the spirit of this I did take some rest but I sat on the bike while I did it.

Without the need to tow the child trailer my legs tell me that it would have been possible to ride 50 rolling miles per day for the same 28 day period, with the odd tough climb thrown in. But the real killer is the lack of rest days.
So for the 24 hour time trial preparation I will need to remember to take time off the bike to let the body recover. This may sound odd after only riding 36 miles a day but the impact of the child trailer dragging in to the wind for 10 of those miles 5 days a week cannot be underestimated. It is serious effort. Hey if towing children to school in trailers was easy, everyone in Aberdeen would do it.

Next update will be on the target of 1300 miles without a rest day. I can just imagine the thoughts going through your remote heads but this is my mental preparation for the 24 hour race, I already feel resilient and I know I can improve.