Less than a week to go until Lap The Lough 2010 and it’s all gone quiet over Rain Miles way? Pesky work. Pesky real life. I’ll attempt a summary of the last couple of weeks.
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Aug
09
2010
09
2010
back, and with a science part
I’d taken a bit of a break after a fairly disastrous ride into work last week, forgoing even my usual Sunday long ride. Sometimes you just know, right? So this morning I thought it was worth another shot at my 25 mile commute route, and I also took the chance to experiment with fuelling a little ahead of the big event. Here comes the science part.
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Aug
05
2010
05
2010
sometimes you just know
Some mornings you just know that a cycle commute is the last thing your body wants or needs, but you still go anyway. That was me this morning. On both counts.
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Jul
31
2010
31
2010
belfast telegraph lagan cycle rage shocker
The Belfast Telegraph informs us that PSNI officers on bikes are to be deployed along the Lagan Towpath to tackle “cycle rage”. I take issue with this article. It’s sensationalist, misleading and short on detail.
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Jul
27
2010
27
2010
sponsor me for lap the lough!
35Km long, 25Km wide, 150Km around, Lough Neagh is the largest lake in Ireland and Britain and the third largest in Western Europe. On Sunday 29th of August I’ll be cycling around it with 1,500 other idiots in Northern Ireland’s largest cycling event. Once again, I’m using the event to raise sponsorship money for RNIB NI via my Sponsor John! website.
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Jul
26
2010
26
2010
thirty nine seconds
So, Blue Ribble, today we were like Schleck and Contador in Le Tour 2010, evenly matched for most of our run down the Antrim Road.
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Jul
25
2010
25
2010
fast, lost, fastlost, slow
It was a tired and slightly reluctant me that dragged itself out of bed at 6:30am on a Sunday-friggin’-morning for a prearranged 50(ish) mile lap(ish) of the Ards Peninsula with Allan and Graham. Tired and reluctant due to being at a barbeque the night before, which was great fun and all, but had me feeling like the MEAT was still sitting in a solid, undigested lump in my guts. Still, up I dragged, got ready and set off for Newtownards.
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Jul
18
2010
18
2010
strangford lap
After postponing last week due to there being a storm outside and quite a lot on TV inside, this week I finally headed out for a tour of Strangford Lough, with Allan for company.
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Jul
16
2010
16
2010
chapeau, silver saracen
Chapeau, silver haired guy on the old looking Saracen road bike that I encountered on the M5 cycle path this morning.
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Jul
14
2010
14
2010
one ride, three types of idiot
You’d think a short 10-ish mile commute on what is still mostly a holiday here in Northern Ireland would be quiet and trouble free. Not so today.
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