Achievement(s)

Hello

I lurk a bit on here - there's too much to read completely and
constantly, sorry! - but since I saw that someone wrote that they'd
managed to do, er, 100m I think it was (it might have been 100km, I'm
not sure) then I hope you don't mind me posting too.

I did my furthest distance-in-a-day on Wednesday! 'Only' a smidgeon over
34 miles, but I was really pleased; Manchester to Warrington and back.

Also, I went out yesterday with some friends on a 20m ride which nudged
my Eddington number over 16. Which is encouraging for me, too.

Anyway, rather than just posting that, I thought I'd ask for advice too
- I'm in South Manchester, and was wondering if there's any groups out
there that I could join for the occasional gentle pootle. I'm aware of
the Chorlton Wanderers -
http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/cycling/chwan.htm - which seem to be
great but are not quite ideal as they seem to go further than I know I
can manage. I reckon that the 34 miles I did the other day is pretty
much on my limit, but they tend to do 30-50 miles each time which I
think for me is pushing it. I might be able to cope, who knows, but I
don't want to go and be stuck somewhere and become a liability for
people. (As an aside, Wednesday's 34m was track/TPT and road so I
suspect I could go a little further, but not much - particularly not if
it's a hilly route!). Over the past few months it's also been impossible
for me to join the group anyway due to me not being available/around on
those dates of the rides.

Shall I just wait until I get a bit better? Or should I go for it
anyway? Or does anyone know of any groups or anyone interested in doing
the odd 15-20 m route? I'm very much a recreational cyclist (although I
do commute occasionally) and I enjoy going with people but don't like
slowing people down or otherwise inconveniencing people.

Anyway, thanks for bearing with me. My ride reports are on my website
(see sig) if anyone's interested.

Regards

Peter

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