New kit day
- On 16/03/2019
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….
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Should I get a power meter?
- On 09/03/2019
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 […]
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We seem to have added another sportive…
- On 07/03/2019
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…
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Not feeling it…
- On 16/02/2019
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 […]
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Alpe du Zwift
- On 02/02/2019
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. […]
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2019 Cycling Plans
- On 02/02/2019
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 […]
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How’s the power doing?
- On 25/01/2019
It looks like the winter weight training is showing good results but how long can I keep it improving as steadily as it is?
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My first training camp
- On 09/01/2019
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 […]
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Winter Gym Sessions
- On 17/11/2018
I’ve joined the gym to try to increase my ftp by a few watts over the winter, I’m currently at 203 but want to get to 250 for next year, only looking for a 25% improvement, how hard can that be? I’m lucky that my daughter is studying sports science at Sheffield Hallam University and […]
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The blog is live
- On 30/03/2018
Finally got the blog online, now just need to get on the bike to have something worthwhile to say.