As is sods law, I had a days holiday on Friday so the weather gods delivered cold, windy and wet weather. I headed out nonetheless and covered a 30.9 mile route in 1hr 57 mins. The wind was quite interesting, on one section I was working hard to travel at 8.5 mph on the flat, I did a U turn at the next roundabout and found myself going at 32 mph. Fingers crossed strong headwinds like Friday will be avoided on the JoGLE.
No ride on Saturday, instead spent the day acquiring new gear such as gator tyres, LED lights, new inner tubes and the like. I also observed mik putting together the new bike rack so that I can take a bike up to Scotland with me.
Woke up on Sunday to discover that not only had the clocks gone forward but that we had headed back into February instead of marching towards April. I headed out with most of the clothing I could find on. I had a nice ride around rural North Hampshire and found some roads I had not yet cycled on which was nice. In total I covered 51.7 miles in 3 hrs and 40 mins.
Monday, 30 March 2009
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Wednesday 26th March 2009
Due to circumstances outside of my control I will no longer be undertaking the JoGLE with Joy and John.
I will still be cycling from Duncansby Head to Lands End and am looking forward to cycling some of the journey with my dad. My parents have very kindly agreed to support me for the initial 7 days and my husband (mik) will then take over the reigns and support me to Lands End.
Additionally I have decided to use the ride to raise sponsership for WaterAid and will be setting up a JustGiving site for this. WaterAid does a fantastic job of providing clean and sustainable water and sanitation to the Third World and providing training and education to the locals to allow them to maintain the facilities built.
I will still be cycling from Duncansby Head to Lands End and am looking forward to cycling some of the journey with my dad. My parents have very kindly agreed to support me for the initial 7 days and my husband (mik) will then take over the reigns and support me to Lands End.
Additionally I have decided to use the ride to raise sponsership for WaterAid and will be setting up a JustGiving site for this. WaterAid does a fantastic job of providing clean and sustainable water and sanitation to the Third World and providing training and education to the locals to allow them to maintain the facilities built.
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Wednesday 25th March 2009
Oops, been a while since I last updated this.
Things have ben pretty busy recently which has restricted training to weekends only.
I am however looking forward to the clocks changing and the light evenings which should allow me to use my bike for some work commuting.
Currently things are going well, the new bike is excellent and really makes a big difference going uphills. I am not any faster up the hills but the lower gears and lighter bike make them almost effortless.
Got a 3 day weekend coming up which I hope will allow me to get 3 decent rides in.
Then got the week before Easter off and am heading up to Scotland with mik and the kids.
We are heading to the Fort William area for the week and the bike is coming, so I am really looking forward to getting some major miles in that week and cycling both ways over Glencoe!!
Things have ben pretty busy recently which has restricted training to weekends only.
I am however looking forward to the clocks changing and the light evenings which should allow me to use my bike for some work commuting.
Currently things are going well, the new bike is excellent and really makes a big difference going uphills. I am not any faster up the hills but the lower gears and lighter bike make them almost effortless.
Got a 3 day weekend coming up which I hope will allow me to get 3 decent rides in.
Then got the week before Easter off and am heading up to Scotland with mik and the kids.
We are heading to the Fort William area for the week and the bike is coming, so I am really looking forward to getting some major miles in that week and cycling both ways over Glencoe!!
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