Tuesday June 8, 2021: Day 1 sucked. Day 2 was better. What would Day 3 bring I pondered to myself as I faffed around my hotel room. Ablutions, leftover gas station vittles, packing up and getting dressed. All conducted at a snails pace with ample interruptions...
Monday June 7, 2021: Up and at em' just after 5am. Not as early as was the pre-race plan for "up and at em's" but that plan was very much on ice for the time being. Given how crap I felt yesterday it was going...
Sunday June 6, 2021: I woke before my alarm. Standard practice on the morn of any big life event, for most I would assume...
Doing these ridiculous ultra distance self supported races provides a great platform for raising money for worthy causes. In 2017 it was the Movember foundation and this time around it is Sam's Place. Introducing Sam's Place...
Friday June 14, 2019: Given the late finish the previous night I'd given myself permission to "sleep in" to 6:30 am, which still only gave me around 4 and a half hours sleep. Quite obviously not enough but I'd be barking up the wrong tree if...
Thursday June 13, 2019: I'm up at 5 am with a clarity of purpose. Two and a half days to bang out 700 kilometers, a big chunk of which will need to be completed today. The reality of being 2 days behind my pre-race plan is...
Wednesday June 12, 2019: I woke to my alarm at 6 am with a decision to make, left over kebab and fries or wait for the hotel breakfast buffet to open at 7 am. Mmmm, decisions decisions. No doubt one that race leader Dan Harty...
Tuesday June 11, 2019: It had been a late finish yesterday and I'd been so wired from such an exhilarating day that I hadn't managed to actually fall asleep until well after 2:00 am. I thus gave myself permission to "sleep in" to 7:15 am....
Monday June 10, 2019: My alarm woke me from a damn fine sleep at 4:30 am. I was feeling good, well rested although my quads were really sore. Bizarre, never really suffered from quad soreness from cycling before. Maybe my saddle height has shifted? Who knows. I...
Sunday June 9, 2019: I was awakened by a cold breeze gusting through the open window of the B&B I had holed up in the previous night. Curtains billowing over my bed. What the...