The weekend started bad with intermittent torrential rain all day saturday so the chance of getting on my bike on Sunday was not looking good. This was further impacted when i found that my car had a puncture on Saturday evening which meant i had to look forward to a morning sitting in Kwik Fit. To avoid missing out on getting some training i went for a session on the cross trainer. I am very please to report that several months ago 30 mins on the cross trainer was killing me and i managed to complete a 1hr 20min session with no major issues so all this training is making a difference to my fitness level.
After getting back from fixing the car i went to check out my bike to find that it also had a puncture.. :-(. Good news its was Fathers Day and the kids had presented me with 2 nice shiny Continental Gatorskins which i proceeded to install last night. Based on Neil's recommendations i don't expect to get any further puncture issues.
I am looking forward to our trip our next week with an element of worry seeing that i have not managed to get more than 40 miles in a single session but hopefully i have enough training to to get me through. I am in my homeland so hopefully this will inspire me to push ahead and get to the end. Failing that i will bring my tow rope and Stuart can pull me along......
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