Tour de France or Tour de Peaks

Exciting news that the Tour de France is starting this weekend!!! who will be the winner.....Armstrong, Wiggins, Contodor??? will Cav win the sprints and be in the green??

Anyway back to the Tour of Training for the charity challenge, I managed to try the new pedals and shoes last weekend.... on Saturday for the first time. To great effect......I went 10 miles ish without incident and at my first major junction forgot to unclip thinking I could merge with traffic. Only to find out I couldn't.....then the sudden panic hit home that my feet were stuck to the pedals and tiimmmbbbbberrrr! comedy moment. A passer by kindly came to my aid after braking and parking on a grass verge, but I managed to unclip and pick myself and the bike off the floor with a smile on my face! Thanked the passer by then finished 17 miles.

Sunday was more successful with the pedals!! and I managed a lovely 30 mile ride in the baking sun......some beautiful Norfolk scenery taken in.

Tuesday 5 am start and managed a quick 10 mile before heading into the office early......so training going well this week!

June update, Good and Bad News

Bad news out of the way first.......it has now been made official and the consultants have confirmed that my sister in law, Sonya has MS!!!!! So a big upset and shock for the family. This makes our challenge all the more important and even more personal now!

Good news, looks like Matt, Sonya's son, is joining the challenge and is going to start training, plus Jamie our niece's boyfriend is joining us ......and possibly a few others to be confirmed nearer the time.

I have purchased some cycling shoes and pedals so cannot wait to try them out this weekend at some point and get some more training done. We are just back off holiday from last week and whilst away in Spain I managed to do 'spinning classes' everyday.......so feel quite fit at the moment!