Did it!!!

Ride London is tomorrow!

One sleep to go 

This time tomorrow I'll be drinking wine in my sister's garden hopefully basking in the glory of my first 100mile Nike ride while wearing my medal like a necklace.

My bike is RideLondonReady

All stickers attached / number belt sorted.

Water bottles full

Helmet, cap, buff, gloves all with the bike

Haven't quite decided what to wear yet, will make a final decision tomorrow morning when I check the weather forcast. 

Big sis Debs dropping us at Wimbledon for 6:40am so plenty of time to get to the ride village and get ready for the start which will be around 8:30am

Tonight I have had an amazing mound of bbq meat thanks to brother in law Mark but there were some chips so some carb loading has happened 😂

Basically, that's it.

Nothing else to do except try to be in bed by 10pm and tomorrow morning make my peanut butter and marmite sandwiches, grab a couple of pork pies, some energy bars, a couple of bananas and slice up an apple. 

So excited

So nervous.

#124278 is signing off

Time for a cup of tea and some chocolate orange xx

2 days to go

I'm excited and nervous

Like I was for the London marathon or a half Ironman 

Weather looks good but still taking tights, shorts, base layer, sleeves so I can decide Sunday exactly what I'm wearing.

Can't find my tyre leavers - may have to nip to decathlon tomorrow morning!

Think it's time to just chill for an hour or so and then go to bed 

Getting Ride London Ready - 3 days to go

Well…

I now have my Woodlands School cycling top - collected on Tuesday when up in London eating and drinking with big sis Debs, cousin Ruth, Ingie and Jules.

I've also attached my bell

It's a mass participation event. I've got to be able to let other cyclists know I'm behind them and also frantically ping it at anyone and everyone marshalling, spectating, fellow cyclists etc.. 😂

And today I sorted out my nutrition.

Went to Lidl's and got the essentials.

3 days to go

Eeeeeek 

6 days to go / cleaned bike

Hoorah for nipping round to Katherine's after work to clean my bike

I literally cannot believe how silver the chain is looking

My getting Ride London list is coming along nicely

I'll get my cycling top tomorrow from Debs  when I meet up with the girls for drinks in London 

Am looking at whether to come up to Surrey Friday evening or Saturday morning 

Need to get some of my nutrition supplies - pork pies, bananas, rolls, soren bars…

Yep, def feels like it's all coming together nicely 

1st Ride London road closure sign

From the top of the #38 bus on Friday evening I saw the first Ride London road closure sign along Piccadilly!!

So excited

My tummy literally did a belly flop 

A long weekend of tapering / dancing

Does dancing all night Thursday at Ben and Caroline's wedding reception and then all night Saturday at the Electric Landladies gig in Walthamstow count as tapering?

If it does then I'm doing it in spectacular style 

Shattered!!

Crikey

Cycling 44km two days running = excellent Ride London training but I am quite tired!!!

Gorgeous lunchtime picnic

Fabulous cycle home via the Cathedral 

Got some Strava kudos

Had supper at A's

Great day all round 

44kms of commuter cycling

OMG!!

Talk about lucky

I'm now based at the Winchester School of Art for at least 3months

It's a 44km round trip

#GettingRideLondonReady

#GettingSwashbucklerReady

First OWS of the year

Fabulous fun

Ellingham for an early evening swim with Charlotte and Sue

Quite wonderful.

Ride London number #124278

I'm inching ever closer to the start line on Victoria Embankment on the 29/5

Got my wave time 🎉

Two weeks today 

So excited!!!

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Hampshire bike ride

Well that was fabulous 

Hampshire countryside was looking so beautiful this afternoon 

68km in 3:43

It was really good to get out this afternoon. The countryside looked so green and sunny and amazing it did help me get over the fact that I'm not still in Mallorca 

Sue did a great route which included a quick detour to check out Alison and Trevors new house

Am def feeling #RideLondonReady xx

Day3 of Mallorca cycling

Last full day of the holiday 

Loved the ride back to the villa - 26.3kmh average. Reckon Ride London will be a bit like that. Was def swept along by Richard and Suzanne and the lovely Mallorca road surfaces.

Is ready for the mountains in Essex

Fabulous ride today

50km

Approx 3.25 hours of riding

Lizzie Lou went up and down a mountain 🤗

Sat in the lowest gear and just ground my way up. Was tough but I did it and am now feeling totally epic. 

I'm now 100% ready for all those mountains in Essex for Ride London 😂

1st bike ride in Mallorca

OMG - Such a fabulous day of riding!!!!

Cycled to Petra for Lunch

Then home via Alcudia old town for a coke zero and a lemon sorbet 

74km of riding 

Average approx 20kmh  

Felt great

#GettingRideLondonReady 

(then jumped in the pool when we got back to the villa 🤗)

Champagne with the girls

Mallorca 70.3 pics

Mallorca 70.3

What a fabulous last few days of #Cowbell #Supporting

The girls smashed it on Saturday 7/5

Both Jenny and Donna now have their IM Mallorca 70.3 finisher T-shirts and medals

Suzanne, if IM did an Aquabike option,  would have been at least top third of the table. 

Cowbell was rung pretty much non stop for about 7 hours.

Brilliant brilliant fun.

Then champagne and paella Sunday 🤗

 

1st of May - 28 days to go 🤗

#GettingRideLondonReady

Couldn't find anyone to cycle with today so decided to cycle across the New Forest to St Leonard's to see P&K. Figured I'd be able to use their loo, get a cup of tea and then head back

It rained

I nearly ended up on the A31 but decided I wanted to live so double backed and because I'd cycled over to the girls a year or so ago I kinda remembered the way - only had to check google maps one more time after the whole nearly on the A31 moment.

Worth it though.

Got two cups of tea

American pancakes

Winston and Lolly cuddles

A lovely hour and a half or so visit before heading home 

96km round trip

Average km per hour = 20kph

Very happy with that 

Left the flat just before 9am

Got home just after 4pm 

Showered 

Pjs

Inhaled my fridge

Have been watching YouTube ever since 😂

#BestFunEver

#FabulousDay