Hard Ride!

Yesterday was a tough day! The wind was blowing quite forceful out of the west, exactly the direction we were heading with some of the guys of RCC. Within the club we changed our regime and now split up in a more social ride versus a tough ride (but shorter - because faster..). Four of us went from Mirfield toward Hebden Bridge, over the Moors towards Wycoller, than back again over the Moors towards Oxenthorpe and Queensbury. The part from Hebden Bridge towards Wycoller was tough - there must have been a wind full in our face of over 30 miles/hour - letting us struggle to go even downhill - this was full exposure to nature's elements. Anyway, these experiences make us tough, like real Flandriens.....
Ride statistics: 95 km, 1600 meters ascend, 24 km/h speed - maximum speed 70 km/h on the descend towards Oxenthorpe with the wind in my back.
My climbing is improving quite a bit - I can keep up my speed for quite some time and don't explode until I overdo myself. Just get in the right cadence, and things go well. Maybe I'm doing better because I've lost some weight, now 79 kilo's so I've lost 6 kilo's (a stone) since January. I'd like to loose another 5 kilo's or so, I think my ideal weight is somewhere around 75 - it will certainly help me with climbing.
This week again some travel, but it's reasonable quiet for the next month, so enough time to do some spinning and riding.