Trans Atlantic Way Day 1 Report
Thursday June 6, 2019: Awrighty then! Ultra Endurance Self Supported Bikepacking Race (slash) Adventure Race (slash) Journey into the Heart of Darkness...
Trans Atlantic Way Day 2 Report
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...
Trans Atlantic Way Day 3 Report
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...
Trans Atlantic Way Day 4 Report
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...
Trans Atlantic Way Day 5 Report
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...
Trans Atlantic Way Day 6 Report
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....
Trans Atlantic Way Day 7 Report
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...
Trans Atlantic Way Day 8 Report
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...
Trans Atlantic Way Day 9 and 10 Report
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...