War and peace – part 1
Having just about recovered from the Manchester to Blackpool bike ride the day earlier it was a relaxing rail journey south beyond London to meet up with my friends Paul and Chris who were traveling with…
Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride
Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride 2014
Back in the saddle (just try to avoid the pie wagon)
Well finally Challenge 2014 is getting back on track. Today I booked two cycle rides. The first is in Snowdonia and a place I love to go back to. Actually I’ve gone for the short…
Challenge 2014 goes live
I’ve been trying to select the right time to officially launch Challenge 2014:Marathon & More and that time happened this evening. Actually the big reason for the low-key start was that I didn’t want to…
the 13 Challenge – Episode 8
Well today was the day of the Manchester – Blackpool bike ride. I will start by noting that at no stage have I ever been considered a cyclist. Having learned to ride a bike at…
The training restarts. As does the hayfever
I had planned the Challenge runs around my Achilles Heel – hayfever. As my food allergy is linked into this common summertime ailment the two gang up on me and for a period of about…
On yer bike, and what exactly is filling all those wardrobes?
Sometimes you just have to swallow your pride. I knew I knew nothing about bikes which is why I took it in for a service before the Manchester-Blackpool bike ride. I’m just glad nobody else…
The anniversary approaches
No running this weekend, in fact I was working for the majority of it. On Friday the neighbours were treated to the visual spectacle of me trying to change two tyres on a bike for…
Find Bike. Find big hill. Now where did I leave common sense?
Despite the run tomorrow, it was a decent sunny day today and having a big cycle challenge in little more than a month’s time (and never having ridden further than about 7 miles) I thought…
Trains, tax and don’t believe the statistics.
It’s been one of those weeks that fit the runaway train metaphor. Monday started with me thinking that it would be really useful to get some paperwork boxed off. This was finally done on Friday…