I am now into my fourth week of what has now gone from a low starch diet (LSD) to a virtually no starch diet (NSD) and while the meals have become somewhat repetitive I have started to form a routine or dare I say it even a habit! The Ankylosing Spondolitis is still ever present, however the symptoms … [Read more…]
After recently doing the 160 mile ride a couple of weeks ago I decided that I was going to have a crack at riding a 200 miler! After speaking with my good buddy Alwyn and roping him in; I decided on June 7th and now I just needed to decide on potential route. A few … [Read more…]
If you train with a GPS then you will no doubt be aware of Strava and the way it has quite simply changing the way we cycle. sträva is a Swedish word meaning to “strive for” or “aspire to” The simplicity of being able to upload/record your rides and then compare against your friends and … [Read more…]
The Rapha 500 Challenge (500km between the 24th & 31st December 2014) has been around since 2010 and this year seemed to have me obsessed with completing! The weather seemed intent on saying otherwise with what seemed like a continual procession of icy mornings! This seemed to spur me on even more and I found myself studying … [Read more…]
I decided to organise a BDCC weekend away in the Peaks and get out to some of my old stomping ground back in the day when I lived in Buxton.
The ‘Buxton Mountain Time Trial (TT)’ organised by Buxton Cycling Club is an early season open TT over a very hilly circuit in the Peak District and is renowned as being one of the toughest time trials in the UK. The course is based round a circuit starting and finishing in the village of Longnor and … [Read more…]