Wembley 2009

Yet another disappointing result, but Ruby enjoyed her trip to Wembley. She made this collage of the best bits (i.e. before the game kicked off!)

77 miles this week

Back on with the training, although some bicycle maintenance I attempted resulted in a broken chain and some badly aligned gears, so onto the old bike for a change - a bit of a lump compared to my carbon fibre beauty - still plenty of miles pedalled and starting to feel a bit fitter again.

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Sculpture

Here's the sculptures that I have made on my night school course so far. The top piece has been accepted for an exhibition! What this has got to do with cycling is anyone's guess, I suppose I might break my hand if I fell off, and the middle two pieces might represent the progressive deterioration of a certain part of my anatomy after 300 miles in the saddle...

11 Miles this week

Bit of a rubbish week for cycling, although the Giro makes good viewing, especially in the Dolomites. Lance seems to be carrying a few extra pounds, something I can certainly identify with at the moment.

The picture of our ultimate destination was taken by my brother-in-law. He's got a website www.davecarsonphotography.co.uk and I'm trying to persuade him to take some action shots on the bike - he should be available for commissions!

Miles this week - Big Fat Zero

Just back from a week in Mallorca, which was full of cyclists, but not me. The only pedalling I did was on a pedalo, although I did maintain a high cadence throughout - much to the amusement of the kids!

A large number of the cyclists I saw seemed to spend most of their time sitting in bars and cafes in their cycling gear. I think London to Paris may involve a fair bit of that.

Did manage a fairly intense walk with some steep climbs and some very impressive overhanging cliffs - see photo - the GPS of the climb is here - http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/8183202

Hopefully back on the bike Wednesday - just the small matter of the play off semi-final second leg tomorrow night - COME ON YOU BLADES!

37 Miles this week

Bit of a poor effort, but time is pressing this week. Trying to sort out some prizes for the quiz at the University. Paul rejected the photos of me as a scrawny teenager as being inappropriate, but I may post them on here for a bit of a laugh if there's any interest.

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