Deer-y Me

Truthfully I couldn’t be bothered this morning. Were it not for a Strava challenge (Band of Climbers It’s Only a Hill) I might not have even bothered today. However, I knew I had ~60m left to meet the goal and only one day to make it, so why not? I guess that’s one of the … Read more

Close To Parlick

Today’s ride took me up to new roads. Amazing really. I’ve lived in Preston all my life (rapidly approaching 40 years), and there’s still new places to explore. For this one I wanted to go between the gap that can be seen between the back of (from my point of view) Beacon Fell, and the … Read more

Just Not Feeling It Today

Bit of a let down today. Nice enough weather to head outdoors but once out I felt tired and lethargic. I put it down to sprinting having killed me yesterday. Overall today I only managed about 20km in 50 minutes which is pretty shocking going. However, I did go out with the intention of doing … Read more

“Sprinting”

Last week I felt like my rehab rides had reached a natural conclusion, with plenty of base mile rides, an SST session complete, and a climb. After the fact, the one thing I realised I was lacking was a ride or two focused on sprints. Now, I’ve never been much good at sprinting. It’s not … Read more