The knees know it!

Despite good intentions, life got in the way a little and I wasn't able to get out on the bike until Sunday 31st Jan. Never mind, I say. I had intended twice a week to start and so I am still on target. Planned an afternoon ride with a friend but friend got waylayed. So I piled Finn and the bike in the car and drove down to the Down's Link on my own. Sunday afternoon on the Link is just a circus! People and dogs, people and bikes, people and kids and people with dogs, bikes AND kids. Oh, and a handful of horses and riders to boot. Still we pootled on and made it to Partridge Green and back, a distance of over 12km in an hour and ten mins. Finn is noticeably tired after a week or so of running with John and accompanying me on my rides. John swears Finn watches him get ready to go out and breathes a sigh of relief when he spots walking boots and not trainers being put on!
I was pretty pleased with todays efforts and burned something like 700 calories. Made me want to head straight back for a doughnut but as we hadn't any I resisted.
Monday morning I went out again. It would be better to have a couple of days between each session but I am a bit busy early part of the week so thought I'd get ahead of myself. I cycled from home to West Grinstead, again along the Down's Link. It was a fabulously sunny frosty morning. Saw the fox hounds up at the kennels. Met a gorgeous humungous Great Dane. All in all a pleasant ride although my knees know that they have had unaccumstomed exercise. They are a bit achey and most definitely creaky!!