After a 23 mile outdoor ride yesterday, today was meant to be a recovery ride. However, despite yesterday’s ride knackering me, I felt pretty fresh tonight and decided to give the 10 mile quest a bash.
So, courtesy of BBC iPlayer, I watched an episode of Top Gear (the one with the Alfa Romeo 8C [...]
I deliberately haven’t attempted the 10 mile quest for a few weeks as I have been busy increasing distance up to most recently, 40 miles.
As the daughter needs picking up from school at 9 and I didn’t get home until nearly 7, I decided a short ride was needed – so a ten miler [...]
Despite it being Christmas, and despite having allowed myself to indulge a little over the festive season, I got on my turbo trainer tonight and took over 3 minutes of my previous best 10 mile time.
My previous time was 25 minutes 40 seconds. Today, despite having eaten goose, M&S biscuits, jelly beans, After Eight [...]
OK I admit it, I’ll probably never become World Time Trial Champion (unless by some miracle I lose a further 7 stone, develop a cardiovascular system of a bull and buy a wind tunnel) but I have to admit when it comes to pro cycling and in particular Le Tour de France, 2 things captivate [...]
First bit of news – 18 stone 9lbs 9oz!
I wasn’t expecting it, because I didn’t feel great getting in the saddle last night. However, by 15 miles I still felt reasonably fresh, the girls had had their tea so there was no pressure to get off, and I had “The Bourne Ultimatum” in the [...]
Snow, dumplings and apple crumble
What a desperate weekend as far as training and weight loss goes.
The plan was to go out on Saturday, but shopping and other family things got in the way. So Sunday morning, full of the joys of Spring Winter, I jumped crawled out of bed and looked out [...]
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