The evening of April 3rd was when I opened my big gob and since then, I’ve only ridden further than 15 miles on thirteen occasions. We now have only 325 days until we set off on our tour, that’s less than 11 months... If we train once a week, every week, that’s 46 more rides to get prepared! I’m beginning to realise that the time will fly by and riding twice a week (or more) WILL be necessary!
To be honest, on the whole, our training is going well. On Wednesday 28th July Alan, Jeremy, Wayne and I, all went out around Witney for an easy 20 mile route, it feels strange to type that, but as time goes on we are noticing an improvement to our fitness (I’ve now lost over a stone) and more importantly, we are noticing an improvement with our recovery rates. Dave has told me that he’ll be on his bike in August and should be joining us a couple of weeks after he starts. Then we’ll be able to start the training for real, besides, the five of us need to get used to how we cycle together.
I’m keeping a record of my training routes and dates so if I really struggle to do the JOGLE ride I’ll be able to look back and see where I went wrong and when I should have done more!
Family Fun Day – 29th August
Jeremy is organising a fundraiser at The Windrush Inn, Witney on 29th August (Bank Holiday weekend). Proceeds for the day will be added to our JustGiving "offline" funds and will go direct to Cancer Research UK. There will be a BBQ and Bands and as it’s a Bank Holiday, it should be a bit of a knees up and a very good day. I might even bring my bike and turbo trainer to let people “have a go”.
If you can make it, it will be nice to see you there, don't forget your cash though!
Sponsorship
We are looking for corporate sponsorship to help towards costs as the trip will set us back around £1,000 each for food, accommodation, fuel for the support vehicle etc.
If you would like to help, please email me nathdale @ hotmail . com (no spaces) or click HERE.
Come back soon to www.5blokes-end2end.weebly.com and please donate as much as you can at www.justgiving.com/5blokes-end2end
All the best,
Nathan