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Training done all wrong :-)

Leave a Comment Posted by on April 7, 2011

I am sure that I am doing everything wrong. My preparation for the long rides this Friday and Monday (both around 120 miles) has included sorting the bike and some riding on it. Beyond that I am pretty sure I have got it all wrong Today I did a double hospital visit (Leicester General and then [...]

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Bargains by Bullitt #ride:13miles

4 Comments Posted by on March 5, 2011

Today I struggled with time travel (the problem is neatly described by my friend Angie in Realised Ecclesiology), for me the result was that at about 5pm I needed printer paper to finish preparation for the morning. So I trundled off to Staples where I couldn’t resist a bargain. Three boxes of paper for the price of two. [...]

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It is just like London

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 10, 2011

A phrase about the Leicester Critical Mass on Girls on Cogs » Leicester’s Monster Mass made me laugh: The aim  to encourage more cyclists onto our streets until Leicester gets to the level that London is at now I laughed for two reasons. One is an old family joke. Many, many years ago my brother and [...]

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On School runs

Leave a Comment Posted by on November 22, 2010

So today I was riding back from the Leicester Royal Infirmary at about the time all the roads clog up with parents driving to school to collect their kids. Here is my experience of the traffic that causes: Horrible isn’t it. All those fumes and the frustration of not going anywhere. However, there are some [...]

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Don’t forget to do the zip up

5 Comments Posted by on October 26, 2010

I felt a bit silly today. It was raining hard when I rode the 1/2 mile to Syston Methodist Church for the lunch club but I didn’t do the zip right up on my jacket. So I had a v-necked wet patch below my dog collar. Looked very silly and of course everyone noticed and [...]

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