A great sunny day, but only five slammers in Richmond Park. Never mind, and with a consensus that we wanted something different than the usual Box Hill route, trust was placed in my Garmin & a route to Windsor & back courtesy of the Kingston Wheelers website. All was going swimmingly well (apart from Richard's puncture) until we passed Hampton & the Garmin decided to start directing us back to Kingston (have discovered that Garmins can't cope very well with rides that have a loop that crosses over!!). Trusting good old fashion common sense, we got back on track & soon we were feet up at the Fox & Hounds in Englefield Green for a well earned coffee. Back on the road, we were back in Richmond pretty quickly & by the time I got home, the ride was 64 miles.
After an hour's less sleep with the clocks going forward, I scraped myself out of bed for what has to be the norm from now on in, consecutive days of riding. A short one at 34 miles, but 700m of climbing so good practice nonetheless.
I am cycling from Nancy to London in May 2012 as part of the Dallaglio Flintoff Cycle Slam. This blog records my progress as I try to get in shape for the big event.
Sunday, 25 March 2012
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
A Slam weekend!!
Down to Cardiff on Saturday to watch Wales win the Grand Slam, back in time for a fantastic cottage pie at Bistro Union, and then out on the bike on Sunday morning. Only one other Slam rider in Richmond Park (Adil from Maidenhead), so we headed out to Box Hill, and then used the Garmin to guide us back to Richmond via Epsom Downs. Very enjoyable 61 miles.
Saturday, 10 March 2012
Disjointed ride, another Welsh win
A somewhat disjointed ride today. Seemingly we lost a few people in Richmond Park (exactly how, who knows), and while three of us stopped in Cobham, the others whizzed past, necessitating a chase across Surrey. Caught the group up, but it appears that group riding was not the order of the day, and I knocked it on the head just short of Ranmore Common & retraced my steps. All in all, about 57 miles, so worked out ok in the end. Home well before ko in the rugby, and yet another Welsh victory. Bring on the French!!
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Fitness of a different kind...
...no cycling this weekend as it was off to Gstaad for a resurrection of the annual ski weekend after an absence of two years. Great weather, snow good if on north facing slopes, and great food/wine, though in typical Swiss fashion, not cheap. Guess I can count it as leg strengthening, even if it did little for above the waist!!
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