I was intending over Christmas to get out a great deal but like the rest of the country flooding, and continual wet weather put a dampener on a great deal of things.
But after one particular wet night I did venture out on my mountain bike and negotiated a particular muddy track. Caked in mud and climbing over tree roots in places was great fun in the Chiltern wilds. Check out my Strava route http://www.strava.com/activities/103739201
There has been a great deal of information lately in Cycling Weekly about Cycling Cafe’s. Glad to say we have one of the best nestling in a lovely village of Redbourne, just north of St Albans. The Hub http://www.redbourn.org.uk/Redbourn/TheHub. Run by a cyclist, the coffee is delicious and home made cakes something to die for,…
A colleague of mine Austin Vince -explorer extraordinary organises every year a Adventure Travel Film Festival. This year a Film Solidream the most popular genre film submitted to this year’s festival is that of Cycling Around the World. It’s been said that quite how anyone could make a better long-distance cycling film than this is…
I’ve been coaching Phil now for several seasons and this year his results have blown me away on how far he has come. In a recent Sportif in the Home Counties, Phil came second overall – Gold Standard and averaged 18.5mph, superb result, well down Phil. And all this on a proper structured training program dovetailed…
Following on from last weekend’s Harp Hilly its the turn of Team Quest’s reliability trial this Sunday 100 odd Kilometres of Chiltern hills. So another painful experience to savour all in the quest (sorry for the pun) in gaining fitness. Forecast wise it’s looks poor with plenty of rain (there’s a surprise) and gales. So…
On Sunday 31 May, I attended and passed my third and final day of the above course. All I have to do now is submit my papers for marking and hopefully all will be well and I’ll be a Level 3 Track coach. As ever a well organised course by British Cycling and superbly presented…
