W/E 18/05/2008
Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »Until the weekend this week was spent mostly on the trainer putting in a bunch of half hour speed sessions trying to maintain an average speed of 20mph. The first 5 minutes of the half hour was spent trundling along ...
GLAJOG ‘08 Training - Loch Katrine
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in News, Routes | 2 Comments »This was our first proper training run for GLAJOG '08. Since first talking about it we've added an extra body in the shape of Big "PH" Paul, who joined us for this ride on Sunday afternoon. We actually did the route ...
A very wise man once said…
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in News | 1 Comment »"Remember you're clipped in" And that is a very sound piece of advice. However, he forgot to add "and make sure you remember how to get out of your pedals". It was that second piece of advice I could have done with ...
Week 2 - No Bikes At Work Day
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Kit & Kaboodle, News | 4 Comments »In my official role as chief cycleography dude I hereby declare this, and all future Fridays, No Bikes At Work Day. Fridays are for the pub and other such religious ceremonies like 2 hour lunches. That's no physical bikes. That doesn't ...
Week 2 - So much for the Duracell Bunny!
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in News | 2 Comments »Well I set out earlier again this morning with enough time to fit in 3 or 4 laps of the Queens Park loop. I cycled over and did a nice easy lap before resetting my GPS to do 3 timed ...
Week 2 - I have seen the light
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in News, Routes | No Comments »Now that the lighter mornings are here I figured it would be a good idea to get up an hour earlier than normal and add some extra miles to my regular commute. So this morning I got up early (not ...
Week 2 - I don’t like Mondays!
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »Just back from completing my first training run of the week and boy it was hard work. My legs felt heavy, it was windy, the bike didn't feel right, I didn't feel right and it took a real effort to ...
Day 7 - Weeks End
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in News | 3 Comments »No commute again today. Weigh in: 14st 8lb No training route tonight either but I did cycle over to Eoan's which takes in about half my normal route. Distance: 8.8 miles Time: 39 mins Avg Speed: 13.5 mph Max Speed: 26.2 mph I was able to push ...
GLAJOG ‘08 - Glasgow To John O’Groats
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in News | 3 Comments »The date has been set and the charity sponsor page set up so there's no going back now! GLAJOG '08 - Glasgow To John O'Groats Date: 2nd August 2008 Distance: 350 miles (ish - final route to be confirmed) Time: 5 days (ish) Participants: Ade ...
Day 6 - Rush Hour
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »No commute today cos I was working from home. I had to head out a bit earlier tonight (so I could manage to sneak a few pints in with the boys after work) so I took a slightly different route ...
