Sunday 15th January 2017
It is over 50 years since a small paper boy first read in “Cycling” magazine about the adventurers cycling from Lands End to John O’Groats and thought that would be a great thing to do. The idea has largely lay dormant (life got in the way) until about 10 years ago, after being unwell for a while, it came back into current thinking. Once a few people had been told, that once I reached 65, I was going to do this epic ride then it was too late to back down. In any case 65 was a long way off.
65 is now not a long way off and the ride starts on Sunday the 4th June. The trip was booked last year with Peak Tours who will organise everything so all I need to do is turn up in Penzance on the 3rd June and ride a bike 1,000 miles to John O’Groats in 14 days. The truth about what I have signed up for now needs to be taken a bit more seriously.
With a year to go I set a few general objectives:-
- loose weight – failed
- ride more – small success
- join gym and improve fitness – success
- update bike for serious touring – success
End of term report – must try harder.
20 weeks to go so now it is serious. A new plan needs to be set in place and followed without to many deviations. Over the next week this new plan will be set out and started. Fortunately the base fitness is not bad so main objectives will be weight, increased mileage and hill climbing technique.
Next Sunday I will update progress so far.