Thursday 17 February 2011 (14 Days Left)



Fame and glory in Cycling Weekly

A relatively easy day today; just 20 miles on the bike.  I also popped over to the Estate Gazette HQ for evening drinks to catch up with the host, Sam McClary, and the other Cycle to Cannes riders. Everyone appears very serious about their training and talking of their multi day long rides. Mmmmm, not quite got round to that yet. Still plenty of time, two weeks, plenty.

I also got an opportunity to flick through a back copy of Cycling Weekly to peruse an article on the Evans Cycles Ride It! Sportive that Gary and I did in Chieveley back in mid-January.  I was glad to discover that the author also struggled with the wind too (yep, another brutally windy day).  But what caught my eye was a photo that I think has Gary and myself in it.  I say think because we’re not really in focus.  But none the less, amazing, we’ve been road cycling for only a few months and we are already featured in Cycling Weekly - well almost, maybe.  I think I’m on the left of the picture just behind Gary before we climb the big hill.  I shan’t say who got to the top first (but I didn’t have to wait long).