Three in a row! check me out for being all regular and stuff!

A few little things this week, been a good one weather wise; managed to get out and not get too muddy! Its been mega muggy though, lots of sweating and a few bouts of cramp so in an effort to keep on top of this Ive got some Nuun tablets to try:

Hopefully they'll do the trick!

The most exciting thing to occur is confirmation of my entry to the Brighton BigDog as a solo competitor, which im really looking forward to and praying for good weather! Ive done absoloutley zero preperation for this so fully expect to suffer greatly but it needs to be done! Im going to join the brightonmtb tuesday night rides to get my legs suitably ripped off in an effort to shock my body into a degree of readiness. Or a heart attack...

I've had the Whyte nearly one whole month now, so im getting ready to write a review of the bike, which will be next week or the week after. Im loving the new machine, though it is taking a while to readjust my riding style to it, and im still making small tweaks to the saddle position and height and I cant wait till the bigdog to give it its competition debut. Hopefully it'll prove my theories from last years 24/12 correct and if so i reckon another crack at that solo will be had for 2013.

Im stretching nice and regular at the moment, and on the reccomendation of a friend ive got some pilates videos on youtube to try, that should be a laugh...

Right, time to put away some washing and a wuick tidy up. Heres a couple of pics from the weeks adventures:

till next friday, take it easy.
J

So, here we are, another week gone and an blog post to boot! I hope we're all well the one or two people that might actually read this.

Been a good week on the bike, managed two rides so far and hoping to get out tonight or tomorow, depending on the weather. Tuesday night saw me do a proper cross country ride on the Whyte, and it managed it with aplomb. Loving the bike so far. 23 miles ridden on a fantastic summers evening on some nice dry south downs hills. The new bike got up these with not a wander or a twitch; the front end is alot less wander prone than the stiffee and its 130mm fork. Naturally the way back down was very enjoyable and importantly, my back was happy the morning after. I need to reset my garmin forerunner to display in miles and after riding 40k i was hoping to have hit 30miles but turns out my estimates was way off, by 10k! hoping to ramp up the distances to closer to 35 miles in the next couple of months in preperation for the maxx exposure 40 mile ride in late september. Knowing my legs are good for the distance will help mentally and I can focus on worrying about lights and falling off! I have a plan to add a little bit on to the half way point of the previous ride and towards the end to make the distance but i'm waiting for the epic wind we're having at the moment to die down. Or point in the right direction!

The other problem stopping me running or riding has been some grotty sunburn on my shoulders, cleaning the company bikes on wednesday it was lovley and sunny so i dared bare some flesh and paid the price! I'll see how they feel and get out asap.

In other news, four weeks till I go on holiday to exmoor with the tribe. Looking forward to it as it'll be the first proper family holiday we've had, touch wood the summer might have got its act together weather wise!

Right, the boys are watching the best of Thomas and friends on DVD and I have a house to clean! So here is a photo from Tuesdays ride and I'll post up again next friday.

cheers
J

 

new look, new focus

A new post, a new title and new outlook...

Been a while since I posted, just after the nenham60 by the looks of it. Decided to give it a rest for a bit, most of the winter and spring were spent being ill or broken in various forms but im back to full health and now striving to get myself back into shape.

Most of the goals i outlined in my previous post fell by the way side due to poor health so its time for a few new ones...

Im hoping to ride the maxx exposure 40mile enduro in september, i enjoyed the newnham 60 format and it'll be nice to do something closer to home. Fingers crossed I can revisit newnham again this coming january in better health. I also have a plan to race the final round of the Enduro1 gravity enduro race but we'll have to see how work and life pan out.

My motivation to do anything this year has taken a nose dive with poor health and pretty shitty weather but my enthusiasm has returned thanks to the release of the strava website; it records routes and allows you to divide the route into segments and then compare with other users. Its been good to see improvments in my times and as a guage to how other riders are doing. Its been quite humbling also.

I also have a new bike; a Whyte t-120s full suspension bike and its bloody marvelous! I'll post up a full review in a couple of weeks as ive only had it a week. In the mean time, here is a picture:

 Not a great one as its been instgramed and my mobile phone seems to take issue with that program...

Right, im going to leave it at that and i'll report back next friday with another post showing some of the rides ive been on. HOPEFULLY!

cheers
Jim.