Some very, very sad news today, my best friends Mum sadly passed away today at 8:10am. Sorry don’t really know what else to say, she will really be missed!! xx
Other news Happy Birthday to see wee brother Craig who turned 27 today. He also got keys for his new flat!
Out cycling in the rain, stopped under a shelter (to protect the camera) but wearing a little something underneith to keep me a little dryer can you guess what it is?
Well pleased with myself just gone and beating my record number of miles on my bike, which I set last year, when I did 2,685.9 miles. So far this year I have done 2,694.8 miles, so beating it by 8.9 miles and I still have another 3 months of the year to go. So now my next aim, is to get this years total up to 3,000 miles. So I have another 305.2 miles to go, which I am more than sure I can do.
In other news, I have also updated the cycling maps section, where you can see a map of all the places I have cycled to, from my village.
First in some very, very boring news, I have ordered myself two new shirts for work from TOPMAN. I have no idea how I went and did it, but I some how lost one of my shirts last Saturday night. At least I have three now, so I can get away with only having to do one clothes washing a week. In total I spent £45, £20 for each shirt, then £5 for next day P&P. £5 for P&P may sound a lot, but it would have cost me more than that, to drive to Peterborough to get them by the time you take fuel and parking into account.
Now into other news, I went out another cycle. This time a longish cycle, I did 39.98 miles. Which was great, since the aim had only been to do 25 miles max. I was just in the right mood, just wanted to keep on going. I ended up cycling from my village to Grantham and back. So I also ended up on lots of roads, I had never cycled on before in my life. My average for the 39.98 mile cycle, ended up being just 13 mph. It would have been higher, it was not for the rain and wet, that started when I got to Grantham. I also had to keep stopping to look at google maps on my mobile, to work out where I was going.
Once back in from the cycle, I got all nice wet cycling gear off, put in the washing machine. had my dinner, watched lots and TV. Then updated this vlog, with what your reading right now.
At long last I got around to recording a vlog about the time a badger tried to kill me, while cycling back from work.
The main thing I did today, was to go out a longish cycle. I covered a distance of 33.01 miles, with a average speed of 15 mph. Maximum speed was 30.3 mph, with a time of 2 hours 12 minutes and 16 seconds. It’s all good training for the Ride for Ryder Peterborough, that I am doing with a group of people from work in September. When we’re being doing 55 miles, making it the longest day of cycling, I have done since the End to End cycle.
In other news, I have also updated the cycling maps section, where you can see a map of all the places I have cycled to, from my village.
Can’t believe it’s been a whole year since Mike and myself broke up. At the time I was very unset indeed, now looking back it, I am sure of glad it happened. Since I have been having so much more fun, since then. Think that’s one of the reasons, I have been so bad at keeping my website updated. Been out doing, two many things. But I am going to try my best to keep this vlog updated a wee bit more from now on.
So now into today’s news. Since I have not updated my vlog, in a while you may not know, it was this time last year, I was doing the End to End cycle, between the Sunday 9th August and Monday 24th August. So I have set myself a goal, of making sure I get out every day, this month during the same dates, no matter what the weather is like. So far, so good. But of course, my dally mileage, will be no where near as good. I will be happy, if I do just 20 miles every day.
Then in the evening I was working at the dog track. Nothing really much, to say about that at all. It was a bit of boring night. The best thing about work, was going out for drinks, after words with Ashley, Mike (another Mike, not the ex) and Tyler. The plain was only to go out for a drink or two. But we all ended up staying out till gone 3am. It was great night, should do it more often. But I was glad to get back home, which by the time I had dropped Ashley off, did not happen, till around 4am.
At long last I got around to filming my first new vlog, since the end of May. In this vlog, I am showing you that I am not just a fair weather cyclist.To try to keep myself nice and warm, I had a wetsuit on under my cycling gear 🙂 I filmed this vlog while doing the Corby Glen loop cycle.
Well pleased with myself now done 15,001.8 miles of cycling since, April 2003. To think I was only aiming for 14,500 miles by the end of the year. Now my next goal is to bet least years record of 2,685.9 miles, which I am more than sure I will do, since I only have another 242.6 miles to go. So should have betting that record by the end of this month 🙂