Cycle

I’ve been thinking about motivation recently. When I get to the “Why” question, the answer that seems to keep coming back is, “Because it’s there”. But I know there’s more than that to it. When I did my first triathlon, my biggest fear was a not completing the race - a DNF. So I worked...
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Just got back from my postponed long bike ride. I went from Whitley Bay to Durham . . . and there are some BIG hills along the way. I took a tube of my banana & honey gel, and 750ml of funky rehydration mix as fuel (which was topped up with 750ml of water at...
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Today I (eventually) got out of bed and headed on out for my first ‘proper’ ride on my fixed wheel bike. Trixie The Fixie is a bit of a saucy minx, made mostly from a Raleigh Record Sprint I bought second hand in 1989 after my (father’s) Dawes Lightning was stolen along with every...
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So as part of my quest to up my triathlon distance, I’m increasing my cycling training distance. Today I had to go & visit a company on Walker Riverside (a 17 mile round trip), and I set out to go the long way round, via Scotswood bridge. That would have made the round trip...
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