The life and times of my cycling (and running) diary
Big day tomorrow as it is day 1 of the coast to coast (or sea to sea) Hadrian’s Cycleway ride. We are starting a few miles into the route and will be riding 151 miles over three days. I rode what you might call the traditional C2C route in 2019 and had planned to ride … Continue reading C2C Hadrian’s Cycleway – Day 0
https://youtu.be/iiNdaGALPDw North Hill is very well known to cyclists in the area. But, to be honest, it is one that I hadn’t climbed before today and has always planned routes going down it! I also fancied a long ride out, so I reversed a route I have done several times before. There is also another … Continue reading Up that hill!
https://youtu.be/y1Nwxw0m52Y 14 mile bike training loop https://youtu.be/lL7BJbAFTQs Vitality half training plan day three As it was raining this morning, I thought I would go for a spin around my normal training route and then finish off with a run. In the run was the third day of the Vitality Big Half training plan and ended … Continue reading Not a duathlon
https://youtu.be/lcqGnsQ6q6E It's all about keeping the legs spinning and blood flow to the legs
https://youtu.be/rrgeZeo3Ja8 This is the first sportive or organised ride I have been able to do since the London to Southend ride in July. And what a return to cycling events it was. Great route, very well signposted and with two nice climbs near the end. Fantastic weather with a cooling breeze, not strong enough to … Continue reading Suffolk Sportive
https://youtu.be/zXBpPEBTW4w A ride that covered pretty much all surfaces - on-road, off-road, cycle path, gravel and even a walk along a no-cycling path.
https://youtu.be/RPnQRE3hApg A really great ride today. It was so nice not to be as freezing like it has been lately.