Due mainly to issues around leave and not being able to get any until end of September ( the Olympics getting in the way ) the aspirations of John O'Groats 2 Lands End are on hold until 2013. I did think that I might get some leave May time but not sure I'd be up to the task by then.
So the revised plan is Portsmouth 2 Penzance approximately 300 miles and complete it in a weeks leave.
First off I'm going to train for the round the IOW cycle in May as my first target.
So far 4 weeks of regular commuting to and from work have gone well ( 4 miles each way ) and the aliments are holding out . Plan to start building in a 10 miler every week and gradually increase this weekly.
there has been quite a bit of interest in this and a local reporter is looking at covering it and it now looks like a few others from work and friends are also showing some interest..... updates to follow
John O'Groats to Lands End, Lands End to John O'Groats, JOGLE , LEJOG, Point to Point, End to End. It has many names and can be done in may ways, this blog is my story and how I went about it.
A moment of madness !
Well it really was. I watched 'Children in Need' and saw Matt cycle a rickshaw down the country and had, 'a moment of madness' a few months later.
"I'm going to cycle from John O'Groats to Lands end for Children in Need" I announced to friends and family. While this is indeed a noble statement there are somethings that were pointed out to me ( amongst the laughter and amazement ) that might get in the way of my ultimate goal.
First off I'm no spring chicken at 46 years old. At 5'11" and 16 stone 2 lb I'm a little over weight. Then there's the fact that at that point I didn't cycle ! well I hadn't really been on a bike for 15- 20 years and even then I was never a regular cyclist. Then there's the other issues, damaged shoulder from 2006 car accident ( never really been sorted gives constant pain) Oh there's the prolapsed disc from last year, which is ongoing, knees aren't so good, ankle op a few years back from a motorbike accident occasionally acts up. Apart from that I should be fine.........
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"I'm going to cycle from John O'Groats to Lands end for Children in Need" I announced to friends and family. While this is indeed a noble statement there are somethings that were pointed out to me ( amongst the laughter and amazement ) that might get in the way of my ultimate goal.
First off I'm no spring chicken at 46 years old. At 5'11" and 16 stone 2 lb I'm a little over weight. Then there's the fact that at that point I didn't cycle ! well I hadn't really been on a bike for 15- 20 years and even then I was never a regular cyclist. Then there's the other issues, damaged shoulder from 2006 car accident ( never really been sorted gives constant pain) Oh there's the prolapsed disc from last year, which is ongoing, knees aren't so good, ankle op a few years back from a motorbike accident occasionally acts up. Apart from that I should be fine.........
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