Let it Snow!

22nd November and we have snow!

Well just to qualify, we have a dusting of white stuff, and as the ground is pretty soggy no chance of it laying so actually 1/2inch of slush, but at least it is snowing.

Apart from the inevitable frostbitten finger syndrome after about 5 miles - it's great other than that wierd fact that whichever way you are travelling you still get snow in your face - how does that work even with the wind behind?

Times like this i feel that i am taking my life in my hands a bit by insisting on riding my road bike regardless - needle thin tyres on a slippery surface - life flashing before your eyes on every corner - bravado is a wonderful thing don't you think? - maybe i should put a hybrid on the xmas list...

Anyway,the wind has been awful this week so timings have been adversely affected but as ever it's getting out there that counts, and once you are out you just gotta ride - haven't you?

In other news the will he won't he saga of Lance carries on, apparently the tour crowd are going to mug him? Sastre is going up against him in the Giro, and it appears that he and big George H are going to be racing against each other for the first time in the tour down under.

Mr Hoy and Lewis (strange how all formula 1 drivers are known by their first names isn't it?) are racing each other at the race of champions in December - something like 2.5 horsepower against 10 million horsepower although Mr Hoy can corner quicker allegedly - should be a great spectacle though.

Back on the bike...

Had a few issues over the last couple of weeks that have affected my mileage output, but health is better now and so have completed 100 miles this week for the first time for a month, this is purely commuting to and from work (i actually live under 2 miles from my place of work!) - so tend to do a bit of a detour including my "funtime friday" excursion which is usually about 18 miles or so on the way in.
With the clocks going back it is getting darker so much earlier - but i love cycling in the dark - always seems like you are going quicker somehow?

In other news I am loving the TDF2009 route - Mont Ventoux on the penultimate stage, plus the Team TT is back (just for Lance?) and they will be doing it on real time not an approximation so non-experienced TT teams will suffer. Alberto or Lance or maybe Schleck who knows? Heart would love to see Lance do it (if he even competes) but more realistically the head says Alberto Contador - anyway so long as its Astana who cares!!!

C2C - Spring 2009

C2C?

I need a challenge, so I have decided to do the C2C next year, 140miles-ish coast to coast across the north of England. Whitehaven in the west to Tynemouth in the east. http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk/index.htm
Trying to drum up a bit of interest amongst mates at present so no dates set as yet - but watch this space.