Hi Everyone.
Been almost 3 weeks since I went on the trainer.
Really getting fed up with myself, However Last weekend (19th March) was the first weekend at the caravan so I took the bike and managed 20 miles on Sunday morning.
It went well. :-)
20 miles in 1 hour 30 mins (including hills and stops for water/cereal bars)
I'm happy with that.
Next weekend we are in Anglesey for 5 days so plan to do a couple more rides, including Parys Mountain. It's a 30 mile round trip so if I get over 50 in for the weekend I'll be happy.
(the weather forecast is rubbish!)
Till next time.
:-)
Monday, 21 March 2016
Friday, 11 March 2016
Hi Guys,
It's March,
So far I have bought a new (to me) hydromag turbo trainer which is bloody hard work (compared to the mag only trainer I had been using)
I haven't been on my bike for almost 2 weeks (which is not good) but we went to Dublin for a long weekend and did a lot of walking (which I'm hoping will make up for the lack of bike training)
The caravan site on Anglesey opens next weekend so thats when my cycle training will start properly.
Can't remember if I have mentioned this before, but Tom from work is now going to accompany me in his car for the whole journey, so campsites etc will be sorted by him on the day.
Latest news is that I now have a route.....
Found one online which covers quiet roads and cycle paths/canal towpaths as much as possible, it's broken down into 18 days at 50 miles (ish) per day so I'm going to follow that and try and do it in 9-12 days so I should be able to cover everything in the max 12 days and if I push hard I can save some time. the bonus with this route is it takes me right past my house so if I can cover the first 300+ miles in 4 days it gets me the night at home I want. :-)
I'm sure it's not the fastest route as the section near home I'm familiar with takes me along a canal towpath which I know I can do in 45 mins to 1 hour but there is a road (with a hill) which covers the same distance that I can do in 30 mins (due to cycle restrictions and barriers on the towpath) but I guess the lower speed on the path will save me hours (or days) in planning so thats a price I will pay.
I'll use other people experience to make the ride easier, rather than spend days planning and getting stuff wrong.
Anywho,
Thats enough from me for now.
Will have to remember to update this site more often. I have days worth of turbo training rides that I haven't put online, plus a few stories about the chinese cadence sensors I have bought and broken over the last couple of weeks.....
Axe.
(Drunk again as it's friday night!)
It's March,
So far I have bought a new (to me) hydromag turbo trainer which is bloody hard work (compared to the mag only trainer I had been using)
I haven't been on my bike for almost 2 weeks (which is not good) but we went to Dublin for a long weekend and did a lot of walking (which I'm hoping will make up for the lack of bike training)
The caravan site on Anglesey opens next weekend so thats when my cycle training will start properly.
Can't remember if I have mentioned this before, but Tom from work is now going to accompany me in his car for the whole journey, so campsites etc will be sorted by him on the day.
Latest news is that I now have a route.....
Found one online which covers quiet roads and cycle paths/canal towpaths as much as possible, it's broken down into 18 days at 50 miles (ish) per day so I'm going to follow that and try and do it in 9-12 days so I should be able to cover everything in the max 12 days and if I push hard I can save some time. the bonus with this route is it takes me right past my house so if I can cover the first 300+ miles in 4 days it gets me the night at home I want. :-)
I'm sure it's not the fastest route as the section near home I'm familiar with takes me along a canal towpath which I know I can do in 45 mins to 1 hour but there is a road (with a hill) which covers the same distance that I can do in 30 mins (due to cycle restrictions and barriers on the towpath) but I guess the lower speed on the path will save me hours (or days) in planning so thats a price I will pay.
I'll use other people experience to make the ride easier, rather than spend days planning and getting stuff wrong.
Anywho,
Thats enough from me for now.
Will have to remember to update this site more often. I have days worth of turbo training rides that I haven't put online, plus a few stories about the chinese cadence sensors I have bought and broken over the last couple of weeks.....
Axe.
(Drunk again as it's friday night!)
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