New kit day

Only 4 days to my first ever Mallorca training camp and I needed a few new essentials. It looks as if I’m a bit of a Castelli fan….

Should I get a power meter?

The short answer is yes, if you want to get the most out of your cycling. But please read about my experience and how I’ve come to this conclusion, I’m not an expert and I still have loads to learn. My first two years cycling were spent training as hard as I could and measuring…

We seem to have added another sportive…

It started as it often does, with an email from my cycling buddy “what do you think about this?” Now we have places in the official 2019 UCI World Championship Sportive. Riding the same roads as the professionals is going to be a great experience but we have our first 24hr ride the weekend before…

Not feeling it…

It’s not always possible to be at your best, today was one of them. For several days I’ve had a cough and today I was struggling to breathe on the climbs. So it became a steady ride and a coffee stop. We tried a new cafe in Uppingham, Scandimania Coffee House, they were very welcoming…

Alpe du Zwift

Third time lucky? I’ve joined this Pack ride twice before and both times I’ve had problems about half way through, the first time I had to have the crank bearings checked and the second time my turbo glitched after a stop and I was spinning as fast as I could to only generate 200 watts.…

2019 Cycling Plans

There’s snow on the ground so we all need some motivation to go and sit on the turbo in the garage…. Here’s my current plans for the year although that could all change if I’m lucky enough to join a UCI World Team for the year 😉 Mallorca training camp 20-24 March 2019 Bucket List…

The Lighthouse

My first training camp

We’ve only gone and booked a training camp in Mallorca…. After last years adventures in La Marmotte Nick, my cycling buddy, and I agreed we would stay in the UK in 2019 and focus on a few of the harder sportives and do a coast to coast in a day. However….. Nick forwarded an email…