Cycling and Triathlon

Notes on a Challenge

As already mentioned, I will be challenging myself to do 12 IronMan Triathlon’s in 12 months in 2012… ie one a month. And you are welcome to join in. If you would like to, just email me with your Google … Continue reading →

The challenge for 2012….

After much postering and pondering, I have decided on the challenge I will set myself for 2012. As always, the goal is twofold. To raise awareness of this condition that blights my sons life – Type 1 Diabetes, and to … Continue reading →

Running through soup

I was all ready to do my normal 4.2 miles whilst Samuel was at his guitar lesson tonight but my legs felt terrible. By the time I’d done 2 miles, I was thinking of stopping and manged to get to … Continue reading →

50 miles – in one go!

If you’ve read this blog before, you’ll probably know by now that I do a fair bit of cycling. Not as much as I’d like but more than many! Today I did my longest single ride! I’ve done 80 miles … Continue reading →

Fundraising total for 2011

So, we’re done. Four4aCure is over, finished, completed. And so is the fundraising. I set a target of £1950 at the beginning of the year. For the final push, Samuel and I went collecting last Saturday (8th Oct) at ASDA. … Continue reading →

So much for weight gain…

I was lamenting earlier in the week that I wasn’t training enough and could see the weight starting to come back, if I didn’t get some work done. I must have been storing up those extra calories for a reason, … Continue reading →

A Satellite fail of a different kind

It’s all over the news. Satellites are failing us. They are even falling from the sky! I can’t blame NASA for this one, however! I forgot to turn on the GPS setting on my Garmin. You can see from the … Continue reading →

The challenge of No Challenges

Two weeks ago today, I was cycling to Paris. Since we returned, I have only ridden my bike twice and been for one run. Tonight, I was going to go for a run, but instead opened a beer and started … Continue reading →

London 2 Paris finale

One of the riders from this years London 2 Paris cycle challenge, Jonathan Richards, sent me this brilliant picture last night. It was taken at the Trocedero, with the Eiffel Tower behind, just after we’d arrived in Paris. Click on … Continue reading →

Sunday morning ride

I went out for my Sunday morning ride slightly later than normal today, for no other reason than, as I was going alone, I didn’t get out of bed as early as normal. Once out though, it had a lovely … Continue reading →