Three hours of cycling this evening!!!

Holy moly!!!

Walked to work and back - nearly 2 hours of walking

Then did three hours of cycling in the evening!!!

Talk about ramping up the gears for Ride London 🤗

Met running mate Sarah who's also doing Ride London for an after work bike ride. Sadly my Fitbit only recorded 50meters for my in total 2:35 ride 🙁

Cycled to the Asda Roundabout.

Twiddled about for an hour or so with Sarah cycling to Rownhams and back

Then cycled over to Bursledon to check out my 'use for as long as you need to' new mountain bike at Vicki's then a cuppa at Rosie's in Hamble

I'm feeling rather epic

My Fitbit is also showing a rather impressive steps total of 30,265 💪

Southampton Marathon/ Half/ 10&5k

I enjoy supporting, marshalling and racing / competing all equally 🤗

Loved ringing my cowbell at all the runners

Brilliant brilliant fun 🤩 

The sadness of a cut bike lock

Much sadness

Fabulous day in London at the triathlon Arena Games in the Aquatic Centre only to get back to Southampton Airport Parkway train station to a cut bike lock and no bike 🙁

One can only hope that the person who has stolen my bike loves it as much as I did 

Wahoooo - the RR10s are back

Fabulous evening of running with my running family at the first RR10 of the season. 

Ran with Jo from the running sisters. We whooped, we sang, we talked the whole way round. 

Cycled out to Fleming Park, ran 7k then cycled home.

Am now shattered 🤗

Do you have any major concerns?

Yes, yes I do

Will I actually fit my Woodlands School cycling top? 

Two rides today 🤗

Fabulous morning of hilly cycling with Sue and Jenny in glorious sunshine / awesome views 🌞  

Tea and cake with Suzanne and Richard, then cycled home in the rain 🌧 

40km 2:22

20km 1:11

Days 3-5 of the Easter weekend…

Well those three days have been mainly spent eating with my family and a cuppa with my mate Clairee. 

So no #GettingRideLondonReady for 72 hours 🤗

I am cycling tomorrow though 

Phew xx

Day2 of the Easter weekend

6.5km in 50mins with my little brother on Ashtead Common. 

Top fun. Great run. 

So looking looking forward to the RR10s that start this Wednesday 🤗

Day one of the Easter weekend

Fabulous 60km bike ride plus 7.5km out and back = another 75km #GettingRideLondonReady 🤗

Out with Suzanne - such a glorious morning for cycling plus bumped into Len and Jane in Steff's Kitchen in Beaulieu 

One pork pie, one sultana scone (bit claggy so I won't be taking scones for Ride London), one peanut butter, marmite and jam sandwich and some apple slices. 

At least one bottle of water and a large cup of tea. 

Then off to Surrey for Easter with the Family ❤️

75km. Fabulous Sunday. Practicing my nutrition.

Fabulous day of cycling and snacking with friends 🤗 

Left the flat just after 9am. 

Got back just before 4pm.

 

75km of cycling. 

About 4 hours of actual moving time. 

About 3 hours of drinking tea, snacking, having lunch, following the Highway Code and hugging friends. 

Pretty bloody brilliant. 

#BestFunEver 

#GettingRideLondonReady 🎉

And incase you were wondering…

I came home with my peanuts, oaty bar and some apple slices. 

I consumed over the 7 hours:

Copious amounts of tea, a bottle of water (with some salt added) a sultana scone, a pork pie, some apple slices, a banana and then for lunch two slices of toast with peanut butter and marmite, some cheese, some Cadbury's fruit and nut chocolate and an orange. 

Just sorting out some RideLondon nutrition options 😂

Although there should be plenty of feed stations on the ride with shed loads of yummy cycling food. 

Which is why I need to make sure I can comfortably average 25km/h so I've got time to enjoy the food stops and still make the cut off xx

Saturday morning Tri club routine

I have now got my Saturday morning Tri club routine down to a fine art. 

Although it really only works if Jenny and/ or Suzanne are also swimming 🤔

Let me take you through this morning…

Met Jenny in the Quays carpark 7:50am

Went for a 43 minute 6km run

Followed by approx 1750m of Tri club swimming in the pool 9-10am

Followed by after swim tea/coffee/cake catch up with my awesome  Tri club buddies till about 11am 

You then feel utterly epic for the rest of the  day knowing you have had a good run and swim all before 11am 🤗

Epic Weekend 2/3 April

Epic weekend of Ride London training… 

Saturday = 400m swim TT 8.44 then 4K run 30mins plus bike marshalling at Tri Club's Tim Wilkes Training Day (then lunch - yum)

Sunday = approx 110km of cycling!

Morning was a glorious 50km, via The Bakehouse in Beaulieu for brunch,  gravel bike ride in the New Forest. Quick snack at home then a 50km out and back to West Meon to pick up some Facebook market place 'new to me' bike shoes. 

Home for a shower and some food then off to Mettricks Portwood for a cuppa and a catch up. 

#GettingRideLondonReady while hoping to go sub 7.5 at the Swashbuckler half IM in July 💪