Disappointment

Went to collect and pay for the bike but it was the wrong one!!! so ordered one for end of October but can't wait.....and managed to find a different model in the North West which my nephew Tom can collect for me !! Star!

So then hopefully I can talk my mum and dad into bringing it down in September.

Training has been difficult this week, but hoping to get up early for a ride in the morning!! 20 miles ish....on the Claud Butler still unfortunately!

Beautiful Morning

The sun was just coming up when I was out on the bike this morning, and it was a great spectacle!! Some fantastic views, and this made the 20 mile ride all the better. A bit of hill training thrown in for good measure too.

Collecting the new road bike next week and I am like a child waiting for Christmas! Here is the one............. hopefully it will be quicker than my Claud Butler mountain Bike!!

Abysmal Week of training

Not a lot to say but since the tuesday 4th Aug, I managed only a short ride of 45 mins on thursday 6th, because I felt like shit, and this carried onto the saturday whereby I had planned to do 2-3 hours, but I just could not get out of my pit!! My head would not let me.

So the next exercise I managed was football on Monday night, followed by walking 5 miles pushing my number 2 son, Oliver, around in his pram on a power walk!!

I have been looking in several shops and on websites at road bikes trying to decide on the right one....it is so difficult, and they have such a waiting period for them too.

Here are some pics of me in Snowdonia doing a spot of scrambling.....................

And a spot of climbing.................

D Day Date for the Tour De Peaks!!!

Friday was good, managed to get circa 20 miles done, and then it was a food and drink weekend with my family who had come to visit from up 't' North.

And with business committments the next opportunity to train following the weekend of frivolity, was this morning......Christian and I managed to get 21 miles done and do a spot of hill training again, tackling a couple of hills two or three times.

The DATE is now set...............18th July 2010!!! so less than a year to ensure total fitness and minimal body fat....maybe I need to take a leaf out of my nephew James's book and visit China for a Year!!! it worked for him!!

Picture of me near the finish of training on Friday at my visiting family's holiday let..........