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Sunshine Persists
The sunshine persists, so I got a ride in at lunch today. The start of the ride was the fastest yet I’ve made the M1 bridge on the Hemel Road, 8m10s. Of course that speed is highly dependent on getting through the King Harry Junction without delay, but legs felt good today. The sun wasn’t…
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Now the time is here to step up the mileage and the climbing
Bike arrived back from the etape caledonia, Saturday morning I put it back together and did a short ride, just to make sure I’d put all the bits in the right place. Sunday was the day for a long ride. Met Jon at Redbourn Roundabout for a 7:30 start, the wife called me mad before…
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etape Caledonia: Official Results in
Official Time photo purchased, actually a few nice photos in the collection. And I officially beat Jon in the King Of The Mountains competition – just! The Verulam Kit looks pretty good, not sure how it would have looked if we’d had the predicted rain!
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etape Caledonia – great day out
Wow, were we lucky or what! The weather held out, so much so that we even had some sunshine as we finished. I cycled most of it with Jon, and we managed a stonking 32kph average. I’m not so happy with the 167bpm, and what happened to the published 2000m of climb?After the event we returned…
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London to Paris Day 2
After an all too short but definitely needed sleep on the boat we disembarked at Dieppe as late as we could, after all the boat docked at 3:30 French time. At that time it was still dark, so we made our way into the ferry terminal, the waiting passengers were a little surprise to see…
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Cycling to Paris: Day 1
What a fun day. We set off from the close on time but that’s about where the organisation ended. Next stop City Thameslink, where Ed buckled his back wheel. Next stop Trafalgar Square for the photo call. Then we navigate as far as Brixton before stopping at a bike shop for the wheel. Nothing doing…
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Back on the bike again…
It’s good to be back on two wheels, none of the impact injury of running, I can ride despite the ankle not being mended, the predictable motion of the cycling is fine, only issue comes when I need to twist the ankle. Lesson: Don’t twist the ankle (a little difficult to avoid when you’re using…
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Swollen feet
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After the event
Does she look proud of me – or just like she’s trying not to show she’s holding me upright!
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Ankle recovering, pictures not for the squeamish!
The ankle is feeling better – even if somewhat psychedelic in look. It is still swollen but a lot less than before. I managed to cycle over to the hospital for my blood test today, without any problems, so I’m sure a quick cycle over to Paris won’t be a problem next week!
Got any book recommendations?