Motivation

We had a discussion in the office on Monday between the Business Coaches - we’d noticed that some clients have great aspirations, but low levels of commitment, and as a result don’t seem to get what they want. Others are all but unstoppable - they need no geeing up from us, and we see them...
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Last Friday I got an email from Fat Rob asking if I’d be interested in doing a double century next year. I love the idea of this - an unsupported 200 mile, single-day ride. The only problem is that his suggested route of Cambridge to Scarborough left me a bit cold. So I’ve spent a...
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. . . check out this great video, which is part of the Fat Cyclist’s 100 Miles of Nowhere challenge: That looks tougher than I have words to describe. But it’s all in a good cause. If you watched the film, go and make a donation now.
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By and large, cycle infrastructure in the UK is a mess. It’s not joined-up, doesn’t go where you need to get to, and always, always seems to play second fiddle to roads for motor vehicles or footpaths for pedestrians. Many local authorities do things that could only charitably be seen as making any effort, yet...
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Somehow this completely passed me by last year - Change Your World a Sustrans campaign about getting people to use their cars 10% less. Of course, car use actually dropped by 12% last year, though everyone seems to be saying that this was due to the economy going into free-fall. Or as our Prime...
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I had a busy day in the office today (reading blogs, twittering, oh, and doing a bunch of research for an article), which spilled over into the evening. The result of this was that I didn’t get to go out for my run ’till far later than I’d usually like to. As in, I’d prefer...
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The weather here today has been . . . unremittingly foul. So much for the forecast that said we’d have showers in the morning, but a clear afternoon. Not here, it wasn’t. Strong, cold wind from the South, continual rain, and the tang of sea spray in the air. Lovely. Still, that’s no excuse for...
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So I posted earlier about how these two guys have done over 100,000 bike miles, and how although this is a long way (a very long way), it’s actually quite conceivable to accumulate that sort of mileage through your regular life. Well, here’s an example of what I mean, taken from last Saturday: 08:45 - meeting...
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David Hembrow’s recent comments have got me thinking. What’s the secret to getting more poeple on their bikes? Things that can and are being done to varying degrees include (in no particular order): Cycle lanes. Actually cycle lanes that mean something, rather than just being tokenistic jestures, that vanish at the first sign of difficulty...
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I’m ashamed to admit that I drove into Whitley Bay today on an errand. That’s about 0.8 miles each way. Sorry. My excuse was that it was absolutely p!$hing down, and I’d just had enough of getting soaked - soaked last night on the Tandem, soaked this morning when I ran to the shop to...
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