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Trans Atlantic Way Day 9 and 10 Report

Posted February 26, 2020 in 2019 Trans Atlantic Way by Mark Croker 0 Comments

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...

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Trans Atlantic Way Day 8 Report

Posted February 11, 2020 in 2019 Trans Atlantic Way by Mark Croker 0 Comments

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...

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Trans Atlantic Way Day 7 Report

Posted January 30, 2020 in 2019 Trans Atlantic Way by Mark Croker 0 Comments

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...

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Trans Atlantic Way Day 6 Report

Posted January 24, 2020 in 2019 Trans Atlantic Way by Mark Croker 2 Comments

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....

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Trans Atlantic Way Day 5 Report

Posted January 16, 2020 in 2019 Trans Atlantic Way by Mark Croker 2 Comments

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...

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Trans Atlantic Way Day 4 Report

Posted January 8, 2020 in 2019 Trans Atlantic Way by Mark Croker 0 Comments

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...

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Trans Atlantic Way Day 3 Report

Posted November 13, 2019 in 2019 Trans Atlantic Way by Mark Croker 2 Comments

Saturday June 8, 2019: My alarm woke me at 4:30am but I wasn't ready to be awake. It was cold outside the warm embrace of my sleeping bag and I burrowed in further keeping the world at bay for a little while longer. 45 minutes later I...

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Trans Atlantic Way Day 2 Report

Posted October 17, 2019 in 2019 Trans Atlantic Way by Mark Croker 3 Comments

Friday June 7, 2019: I awoke well slept in a big comfy hotel bed and immediately thought, I bloody well don't want to be well slept in a big comfy hotel bed. I want to be tired and stiff and on my bloody bike. In...

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Trans Atlantic Way Day 1 Report

Posted October 4, 2019 in 2019 Trans Atlantic Way by Mark Croker 0 Comments

Thursday June 6, 2019: Awrighty then! Ultra Endurance Self Supported Bikepacking Race (slash) Adventure Race (slash) Journey into the Heart of Darkness...

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Trans Am Bike Race Day 28 Report

Posted April 2, 2018 in 2017 Trans Am by Mark Croker 8 Comments

Faaaaaaaarck! I had slept through my alarm. Either that or I had subconsciously turned it off. I had set it for 4:30 am to give myself a fighting chance of catching Mike and Russell and to arrive in Yorktown at a reasonable hour so as not...

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Day 8 snaps. (2,000 k's under the belt, 450 and th Day 8 snaps. (2,000 k's under the belt, 450 and the race for the return flight begins)
Gaw Blimey, Rocky is also quarantined! Gaw Blimey, Rocky is also quarantined!
Oh the places they will go......(on a bike) Oh the places they will go......(on a bike)
Not cruisin' Not cruisin'
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