Training

My training plan is like me - simple.

Basically, I need to be doing between 75 and 85 miles per day confortably. Before Christmas, I did a 30 mile ride, and pretty much collapsed!!! Last weekend I did 48 miles, and was ready to collapse at about 40...improvement is a wonderful thing.

My technical training plan involves riding 3 times per week, once at the weekend, and twice mid-week. Each month, the rides will get progressively longer. I may also get a swiss ball, but to be honest that's purely to work off the beer belly.

January - 20 miles twice a week - 45 miles at weekend
February - 25 miles twice a week - 55 miles at weekend
March - 25 miles three times a week - 65 miles at weekend
April - 30 miles three times a week - 75 miles at weekend
May - 30 miles three times a week - 85 miles at weekend

See, simple.

Want to join me?

A few of you nutters have already said you want to join me for part of the ride. The more the merrier!! I'm sure I will be totally bored with my own company by then.

For your diaries, I'm going to be passing Bristol on Weds 30th / Thurs 31st May, and likely route will be Bristol - Okehampton, Okehampton - Penzanze, Penzance - St Ives (ish..). Exact route will be posted in due course....

Tuuuuunes!

I'm looking for friends and family to suggest tunes / playlists to keep me going during the challenge. This may be great tracks which inspire you or you think are appropriate for the challenge.

I'm also after suggestions of tracks to add to a playlist to keep me going up those hills!

Any suggestions welcome - Danny Boy, you know I'm looking at you....

CHASE hospice care for children

CHASE exists to support families with life-limited children - that is, children or young people who are not expected to reach the age of 19 because of illnesses that are incurable.

CHASE also has its own children's hospice, where families can come to spend some quality time together, and give the life-limited child some independent time out if the family needs to take a rest elsewhere.

CHASE supports families throughout the illness of their child and beyond and without CHASE many families would find it difficult to cope. Today CHASE is supporting 240 families.

It costs £3 million each year to run CHASE which has to be raised through charitable donation. CHASE provides its service, free of charge, 24 hours a day, every day of the year in whatever way it is needed.

If you would like to sponsor me, please donate whatever you can to support this very worthy charity on my Just Giving site www.justgiving.com/goughonabike

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