Day 4 – Siena to Grosseto
Today’s ride has been like a bag of haribo starmix. I’d say allsorts but I don’t like liquorice, and anyone reading this will be well aware of my haribo obsession.
Day 3 – Pistoia to Siena
When you are cycling on a day that feels like it is never ending you have to remind yourself to take a moment to appreciate your surroundings and the simple things. The sunshine, breathtaking scenery that looks like it’s from a picture postcard, sweeping…
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Day 2 – Bologna to Pistoia
The word to describe today is without a doubt, wet. Rain showers? More like being in the shower. The low point had to be the lorry that drove through a puddle next to mark and I and showered us with water that came over our…
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Day 1 – Venice to Bologna.
Today was supposed to be 85 miles when we set off. Mark’s memory was clearly failing him and within a few miles the day had extended to 90. When we checked the garmin the actual distance was 95 miles and after a slight detour because…
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Enjoying prosecco, wine and beer in Venice- we are here.
10 miles ridden and bikes ok so far, they survived the journey.
Ouch badge to Andy, who kissed the Tarmac after close encounter with a tram track. Lez, he’s fine.
Proper update tomorrow but some pics for now to whet the appetite while…
With just 1 more day at the office, preceded by our final spinning session tonight, it’s all about the final preparations now.
Andy, on his last training ride yesterday, suffered from a cycling catastrophe which led to this email…
“Just had a disaster with bike, rear mechanism, the hanger, the chain and…
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2 weeks today and we will be riding in Italy. Scary thoughts then that today was the first time I’ve been on a bike for 4 weeks. After a weekend away, the Manchester 10k, and a weekend of sickness, a 50 miler in the Cheshire hills was a daunting but necessary return to the saddle.
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A view from half way
Today’s ride came with a very valuable lesson – do not let Mark plan a training ride. With the hills in Italy looming ever closer the training rides need to incorporate the things we normally try to avoid. Today was all about finding the hard ones!
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It’s not all about the Manchester training. We are an international bunch. Christine, who’s Swiss, has a slight advantage over us Brits by being born into hills has been putting in training too.. Read More
One of the nasty hills
I should start today’s post with a Happy 1st Wedding Anniversary to Andy and Lez. A good excuse not to use a rare week off for cycling.
60 miles today saw us attempting the route to Sutton hall again, with much more satisfying results – and not just because we completed…
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