Any cyclists among you will be familiar with Mr B. This is his 3rd tome but the first I have read.
Mr B wanted to dig deep and find out how Britain became so obsessed with the bike. I don’t think he fully accomplishes this but he certainly had some experiences trying.
I did find it a hard read at times and at others just flew through whole chapters. What is amazing is the people he met and the facts he uncovered. Not a book for the casual cyclist!
Been a while since I put a post up so what’s been happening?
Well today I finished my second week of training for the Jungfrau marathon. Training is coming along slowly but well. I have introduced intervals, marathon pace runs and am increasing the distance of my long runs. All good basic stuff no magic bullets there consistent training is the key. So what have my stats looked like over the last few weeks?
25/4 Runs:29 miles in 4h 52 with 1500 ft climbing. Biking 47.5 miles in 4h 28 with 3000 ft climbing.
2/5 Runs 30.5 miles in 4h50 with 3500 climbing biking was 99 miles in 8h 18m with 3500 ft of climbing.
Two good weeks with everything on the up.
Programmes for the EdFoC have been distributed now and bookings have been coming in for my tours. I even have a honeymooning couple interested! With less than a month to go I am really looking forward to it. Other cycling news is that I have finally made it to both Middleden helping with the youngsters and to Talking Tandems a local charity which helps visually impaired people to cycle by providing pilots for tandems.
Planning is finally finished for Carol and I’s trip from the Atlantic to the Med in July and we both can’t wait to start our trip. We have planned a weekend trip to check all our kit and we have been buying stuff that we need to try out before we get to France. Our pre trip trip is from Falkirk to Dunbar the first part to Edinburgh along the canal and the second part following the JMW. Hopefully everything will go well but we will have nearly a month to make any final adjustments to our kit.
Retired and living it! 