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Ok just a quick update as I am away this weekend and so will not be able to forward any info on. Aidans last text was a couple of days ago and he mentioned that the tough part was “wet and nasty at the end”. He has however managed to grab a chance to get . . . → Read More: Speeding up! Hi Just a quick update to say that I have heard from Aidan. He confirmed that the spot wasn’t working but he was too tired to work it out, however he is loving the riding, generally cruising well and no complaints about sore knees or tummy upsets (others are complaining of these things when . . . → Read More: Tough cruising Hurrah Aidan is on the move and it would seem that he has been for quite a while as he has made it across the American border and is now in the town of Whitefish! Whitefish is the 3rd checkpoint and has taken 2 days 12 hours and 21 minutes to get there and . . . → Read More: He’s moving! Hello! Whilst Aidan is away I am updating his blog with information that I know. So far things are quite varied. He started well, he was in 5th place for most of the first day (Friday) and then he began to drop back a few places. He then stopped at Elkford. I thought nothing . . . → Read More: Tour divide so far…. Well, it’s been a successful few days in Canada for me. It turned out that the guy I sat next to on the plane from London lives in Canmore (about 20km from Banff), and he was good enough to offer me his sofa to sleep on for a few days. He’s a nice guy and . . . → Read More: The Tour Divide Approaches! On Monday 24 May, I set out to ride the length of Wales off-road. It was to be fun; a test of kit for the Tour Divide; and a bit of a confidence-builder in respect of the big event. I largely followed the Sarn Helen route published by Mountain Bike Routes UK, but diverged to . . . → Read More: Conwy to Swansea In Pictures A single picture for now, but here’s my Swift: Sam sorted me out with this after the Voodoo died again and I needed something pronto to ride the Tour Divide. It’s light, fast, and lovely! . . . → Read More: Swift! One of the things I really appreciate about mountain biking is that there’s nowhere to hide if you’re not up to it. If you get things wrong, there’s no “deferred success”, no letting you down gently. You don’t “not pass”, you fail and there’s just the smack of you hitting the dirt. That was how . . . → Read More: When your teeth hurt… you know it was a proper crash! I hate whiny blogs. So there were no posts for a while as I tried to sort things out… Trying to do a big event always seems to push everything else harder. It takes so much time and energy that wrinkles in everyday life seem like mountains. And holes in the plan for the event . . . → Read More: All the usual troubles (and some success!) I often think of training as being a process that shifts my idea of what’s normal. At the moment, going out and doing 70-100 mile rides every weekend seems normal. “Normally”, that’s not normal. The new normal I’m going for now is doing the same rides, but on a loaded bike. I’m working towards getting . . . → Read More: Creating a new normal |
