Tuesday, 18 March 2008
The joys of training
On Sunday 16/03/08 I (Jay) completed my first 100 mile training ride, with the help of Steve Dunn who was also at the back of the pack. The little cafe stop at Ingleton helped, with a nice pint of tea and some beans on toast I almost felt human again (but not for long). Steve's encouraging words like "oh my god look at the bloody hill" (Slaiburn) and "I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk" during each steep section helped no end. The three Mark's were finding it far to easy for my liking and i'm sure one of them had a motorised bike. Tony had to cut his ride short only because we were to slow for him on his ultra super carbon bike. All in all it was a good day and maybe i'll begin to walk again in a few weeks. Jay
Monday, 17 March 2008
Some piccs of an earlier training run!! This was taken at the top of a very steep hill on a very cold and wet day during a repair to Jay's bike, thank god for the rest. From left to right Steve Dunn, me Paul Rawding and Pete Townsend who is lucking unlikely to do the LEJOG due to injury.
more to follow.
Thursday, 13 March 2008
Unfortunately due to work commitments Keith Bridgett and Charlie Edwards cannot make it so we now have to new stand in drivers in Andy Kirkpatrick and Ozzy, welcome to the team guys.
An update as i have been neglecting it a bit. Everybody i think has suffered with a horrible cold virus which has been flying around work for the past few months, which has ended up on the chest, this is not good when you are trying to train and you cannot breathe as it shows on hills.
Everbody is just about fit and well except for Pete who has to have an operation on his knee sometime in the future. He puts the injurie down to incorrect positioning of his seat which has then put to much pressure on his knee ligaments, so when he cycles for a few miles his knee balloons.We all wish him well and hope he recovers quickly to carry on cycling if not for the LEJOG but for future events we plan to do.
My chest is still not 100% and i am coughing like i have been smoking woodbines for the past twenty years , not good.
We now have a vehicle being loaned to us from Chorley Nissan thanks for that, and a trailer for carrying the bikes and equipment which work is lending us, thanks.
The route has been finalised and it comprises of mainly 'B' roads so it should be scenic and painfull at the same time lol.
Accomodation will be sorted on the day by our back up crew who will go off ahead to find somewhere to stay and eat, but mainly to cry ourselves to sleep lol.
Bucko is sorting out our suppliments and he has offered to give us all a sports massage after each day, this is the beauty of having a P,E,I coming with us who is trained in everything to do with fitness and has also completed Iron Man's and Triathalons in competition format, nice one Bucko.
Tony has finalised the route and is sorting out tools and spares for the journey and will more than likely be our on the road mechanic as well, Tony has also competed in road races in his youth and can still wip our assess now lol.
Stevie Dunne has recently purchased a full Carbon road bike and gotten rid of his mountain bike, he is a good man to be on the wheel of, no need to say anymore there. Also needless to say we are all highly envious of his bike it is a beautifull bit of kit. Oh its a Focus by the way.
Mark S. is training hard as he has to make up for the fact that he has still not quit smoking ( come on Mark get a grip ) got to say though although he is still smoking he can get up the hills.
Jason has fully recovered from the cold that he thoughtfully passed onto me (cheers mate!!!) he has also recently come back from sunnier climates such as Florida lucky sod. He is now complaining about the lack of quality training, (join my world). Something not so good happened to him last week on the way back from a training run, his bike was attached to his car when the strap snapped and the bike bounced down the road at approx 50 miles an hour destroying his back wheel and shredding the handle bar tape, luckily this was the only damage done because if the truck coming the other way did not slow down enough Jay's bike would scrap metal now. Nevermind mate all fixed now.
As for me, well i am still suffering slightly with this damm chest infection which has stopped me almost completely from training, but hopefully i will be out this weekend with the boys. My bike is starting to show signs of mileage as there are a few niggley noises coming from the headset and bottom bracket so it looks like a full service and some replacements are in order next week.
That is it for now i will post some new piccs asap.
Paul out.
An update as i have been neglecting it a bit. Everybody i think has suffered with a horrible cold virus which has been flying around work for the past few months, which has ended up on the chest, this is not good when you are trying to train and you cannot breathe as it shows on hills.
Everbody is just about fit and well except for Pete who has to have an operation on his knee sometime in the future. He puts the injurie down to incorrect positioning of his seat which has then put to much pressure on his knee ligaments, so when he cycles for a few miles his knee balloons.We all wish him well and hope he recovers quickly to carry on cycling if not for the LEJOG but for future events we plan to do.
My chest is still not 100% and i am coughing like i have been smoking woodbines for the past twenty years , not good.
We now have a vehicle being loaned to us from Chorley Nissan thanks for that, and a trailer for carrying the bikes and equipment which work is lending us, thanks.
The route has been finalised and it comprises of mainly 'B' roads so it should be scenic and painfull at the same time lol.
Accomodation will be sorted on the day by our back up crew who will go off ahead to find somewhere to stay and eat, but mainly to cry ourselves to sleep lol.
Bucko is sorting out our suppliments and he has offered to give us all a sports massage after each day, this is the beauty of having a P,E,I coming with us who is trained in everything to do with fitness and has also completed Iron Man's and Triathalons in competition format, nice one Bucko.
Tony has finalised the route and is sorting out tools and spares for the journey and will more than likely be our on the road mechanic as well, Tony has also competed in road races in his youth and can still wip our assess now lol.
Stevie Dunne has recently purchased a full Carbon road bike and gotten rid of his mountain bike, he is a good man to be on the wheel of, no need to say anymore there. Also needless to say we are all highly envious of his bike it is a beautifull bit of kit. Oh its a Focus by the way.
Mark S. is training hard as he has to make up for the fact that he has still not quit smoking ( come on Mark get a grip ) got to say though although he is still smoking he can get up the hills.
Jason has fully recovered from the cold that he thoughtfully passed onto me (cheers mate!!!) he has also recently come back from sunnier climates such as Florida lucky sod. He is now complaining about the lack of quality training, (join my world). Something not so good happened to him last week on the way back from a training run, his bike was attached to his car when the strap snapped and the bike bounced down the road at approx 50 miles an hour destroying his back wheel and shredding the handle bar tape, luckily this was the only damage done because if the truck coming the other way did not slow down enough Jay's bike would scrap metal now. Nevermind mate all fixed now.
As for me, well i am still suffering slightly with this damm chest infection which has stopped me almost completely from training, but hopefully i will be out this weekend with the boys. My bike is starting to show signs of mileage as there are a few niggley noises coming from the headset and bottom bracket so it looks like a full service and some replacements are in order next week.
That is it for now i will post some new piccs asap.
Paul out.
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