The 400km Audax that wasn’t, Super Randonneur in jeopardy and LEL2013 in doubt with 10 weeks to go

Well…the 400km didn’t go according to plan at all. The ride was going well, if with wind much stronger than expected and had 2 hours up on my plan time by the time I got to Tewkesbury even with the strongest headwind I think I’ve ridden in. At around 120 miles then my IT band […]

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A March 300km Audax and my first Double Century

We left Winnersh on time at 6am, it was already cold at -2deg but the forecast was to warm up to around 4 deg. Ryan and I made good time to Chalfont St. Peter in a little under 2 hours where I swiftly devoured a pastry at the control which increased my speed somewhat (apparently). […]

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JoGLE Accomodation List with Contacts

PDF’d and uploaded to Scribd due to the formatting, wouldn’t fit conveniently in the blog post. JoGLE Accomodation List and Contacts by darrentipton

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Actual JoGLE Route Taken

Now the JoGLE has been completed this is an overview of each day’s actual mileage and elevations as recorded on a Garmin Edge 800 and loaded into RidewithGPS.com. The overall calorie count for the ride also calculated based on use of a heart rate monitor was 48,468 calories. I should have come home approx 13lb […]

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