That was the year that was
Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in News | No Comments »Well it's almost a full year since my last post (Wowzers!). I'm not quite sure where all the days went :¬/ but here's a brief synopsis of the more memorable ones... Since my last update I have moved jobs, spent three ...
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 ...
New Section Added
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »I've added a new 'Tours' section (see the menu above) to the site which so far doesn't consist of much but will be gradually getting updated over time. At the moment there are some details from my trip around the Western ...
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 ...