Finally got out for a decent training ride after a long time of rest due to illness. Lovely day, but a little colder than I first thought. The sunshine felt nice, but it was actually only about 10C which felt freezing whenever I was going downhill so I was happy to have packed extra clothes. Met up with BF and a friend for a pub lunch along the way. Tasted great, but perhaps next time I will plan on the pub lunch being at the end of the ride. It was hard getting going again with a belly full of delicous roast lamb...Ride ended up being just under 37 miles in total, with nearly 6500ft of climbing. Some of those climbs were over 20% grade! Had to walk a couple of places from fear of falling over backwards. No wonder my legs are knackered today! I am definitely no where near ready for ALC, but less un-ready than I had expected. I'll try to get a bit more regular training in for the next few weeks and then just do what I can when I get to CA.