Where? What? How? When? Errrrr…..

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Really not sure what happened to April. Flash in the pan and off it went. Clearly I haven;t been updating this blog nearly enough. I guess I can excuse myself. I’ve completed the business accelerator program I was on, moved into new offices, got good traction in the business, and managed to hit 730 miles against the 3102 target. Most recently (May) I have started pushing things. The big Manchester 250 mile ride is now 1 month away and I really need to start building up power, endurance and belief that I can do this.

 
Below brings me up to date. I’ve planned, but need to execute an all-day riding session to get a big mileage ride under my belt as well as some night time rides to get used to that kind of riding. I’ll post more this month as the training intensifies and I get nearer the event.

 
So there are 18 rides between the last post and this one. I am contemplating whether or not to post them all, but since I have never not posted one I think I should so here goes…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The rides of March

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This picked up a bit in March. The weather, although still freezing, somehow didn’t feel as bone crushingly cold and I managed to venture out a bit more. The big disappointment was the cancellation of the first Sportive of the season which was a big blow to getting some serious mileage done in a single sitting. However, my bog focus is on June and Manchester to London in 24 hours. For that I need to be picking up the distance significantly if I am to be serious about being capable of riding that event successfully.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully April will see the end of the cold snap and I can get back on track with some decent mileage and positive distances. As it stands I am still well behind my target of 3102 miles in 2012 currently standing at 397 miles done and only 13% complete.

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Good luck comes in 3′s

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Well they do say good luck comes in 3′s and it seems as though the dice rolled in my favour.

 
Firstly, I WON (I NEVER win anything) an Altura Night Vision Jacket. Beautiful it is too and does the business. I don’t even remember entering the competition (I don;t even read the daily mail for goodness sake) but the jacket duly arrived and so I am not complaining.

 
Secondly, I got a place in the London Ride100 event. It’s going to be a fantastic day, with London’s roads being closed for the event, and I am really looking forward to it.

 
Thirdly, I was awarded a bloggers place on the Ride 24 Manchester to London even in June. 250 stubborn miles in 24 hours, riding through the night. If 2013 was about stretching myself on the bike, then this event will make or break me. I am bricking myself about it but also looking forward to the experience tremendously.

 
So there wwe have it. Just like a bus, I never win anything, and then I win 3 things on the trott in short succession.

 
In the meantime I haven;t been riding as much as I had hoped. The weather quite frankly has been so cold that I just can;t summon the strength to do it, and my new business has been keeping me pretty busy too.

 
However, I have done a few rides since my last post which include…

 

 

 

 

 

 
Those rides have taken me to 200 miles for the year. Way off my target but the Southern Spring Sportive at the end of March (and the training for that), along with the training I am going to have to put in for Manchester to London, and Ride 100, will mean that I should catch up on my target pretty soon. I just hope the weather warms up a bit.

 
Oh, and there’s seeds of a plan for London to Paris in July too. That could be a lot of fun…

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