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I am a bit over racing weight at the moment. In fact, until his drug habit was revealed, I was feeling like the MTB Ricky Hatton. It’s the luxury of only doing one big race a year – I can lay off for a while and do other stuff. But I’m back on the training . . . → Read More: Must eat fewer pies Way back in 2000, I was sitting on a train out of central Birmingham. I saw a free newspaper and, flicking through, I saw an advert: “Ride from London to Paris for the NDCS“. Back then, I was did no sport. I was crazy about music, my friends were all crazy about music, and I . . . → Read More: Full Circle It’s that in-between time now where I don’t have any big adventures sufficiently close to have to be training. Usually, this means a bit more time away from bikes and spending what biking time I have playing about – trying to improve technique and just have fun. Essentially, falling off a lot. Weirdly, it hasn’t . . . → Read More: I’m crap at pedalling 2700 miles. Canada to Mexico. Alone. That’s the strapline for the Ride The Divide film. It’s easy to focus on the first part of that statement, but the gravity of the final word is not apparent until you go there. Alone. No-one to support you, no-one to love, no-one to share with. At times on . . . → Read More: Alone Well, the Tour Divide is over for me in 2010. It was an outstanding experience. From meeting other riders in Banff, to the varied environments of the trail, to the many people in businesses along the trail who encouraged me despite the smell and the voracious appetite, it was great. I’m going to try to . . . → Read More: Post Tour Divide Answers Aidan has just called and he has finished! He sounds pretty good and has just had a massive cooked breakfast plus huge pancakes with whipped cream! Now he is going to get some rest before catching a bus to LA where he is going to spend his remaining time with his buddies. What an amazing . . . → Read More: Yippee he’s done it! I am so excited that Aidan is nearly at the finish! I have butterflies flapping wildly around in my stomach. He stopped last night 48.76 miles from Silver City (his last check point!)It looks as though he is still there but I reckon we will see signs of movement in half an hour or so. . . . → Read More: Hurrah! It’s the final countdown! Ok so i’ve just listened to people calling in. Aidan is saying that he is going to up the pace now and push into the night a bit more. Eric who is in 3rd place called into say that he is going to slow the pace as he is going to burn out if . . . → Read More: Podium finish? Hi All Firstly Aidan is fine and doing well. He is in 4th position and heading towards Salida. I felt that I should update the blog as Aidan has been riding alongside Dave Blumenthal for a good part of the race. Yesterday however Aidan went on ahead. I am so relieved that he did as . . . → Read More: Sad times Hello! Well, how exciting is this race?! I could barely get enough signal on my phone whilst I was away camping at the weekend to follow Aidan, but when I could I was so happy to see him still eating up the miles. Now I have regular access again, it is truly amazing to see . . . → Read More: Two more states to go! |
