It’s my birthday on Tuesday (31) and I can’t think of anything I want for a present. Any ideas? Backup plan is a Herman Miller Mirra chair.
Present ideas (for me!)?
Questars Adventure Race 4 of 4 – 5th September 2009 – Cotswold Hills, Worcstershire
Unfortunately I am going to miss this race because Steve wasn’t sure if he could attend it, due to his current work situation – he might be in Singapore on this date and it’s a bit far to pop back to England just for a race. The upside is that due to puncture issues on [...]
Questars Adventure Race 3 of 4 – 18th July 2009 – Pewsey, North Wiltshire
Another early start as we headed over to St. Francis School, Pewsey in North Wiltshire for round 3 (of 4) of the 2009 Questar’s Adventure Race series. Once again it was a nice location with great scenery and lots of hills! I had forgotten to take my Camelbak with me (I’d left it at home) [...]
Abel and Cole Cake Report
I had the Abel and Cole Lemon Drizzle cake last week. It wasn’t bad, but didn’t have enough lemon flavour and had far too much sugar (I could feel the course grains, although it wasn’t unpleasant). Yesterday I had the Coconut and Lime cake. This was really nice and had a balanced flavour. I might [...]
Well Whad’ya Know? I’m a Triathlete!
Well I’ve done 1 anyway. As stated in my previous posts, by way of winning a prize in a competition, I got free entry into the For Goodness Shakes! Sponsored Sprint Triathlon (750m swimming, 20km cycling, 5km running) at Dorney Lake, Eton with less than 2 weeks notice! I read the letter carefully which stated [...]
For Goodness Shakes! Sprint Triathlon – it’s tomorrow!
As I mentioned in my previous post, I won free entry into the For Goodness Shakes Sprint Triathlon and was only given 2 weeks notice. So I have been swimming in the Stantonbury 25m swimming pool on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and discovered that I’m not a great swimmer. In fact I only managed to [...]
My first Triathlon is Looming – Sooner than I Thought!
Last Tuesday (9th June) I got an e-mail in my inbox telling me that I had won a prize in a competition… Me: Fantastic! Reading on: The prize is free entry into a Triathlon Me: That’s good I want to enter a Triathlon Reading on: It’s a Sprint Triathlon – 750m swimming (in a lake), [...]
First ‘Proper’ ride with my new Road Bike
I got my new bike on Thursday and went for a first ride by myself on Friday. After 3 miles I was pretty tired, but I kept on going and did 10 miles – see the GPS results. So I was a little bix anxious about the 35 – 40 mile ride with Team Milton [...]
I’ve Bought a Road Bike! (Trek Madone 4.7)
I bought a new mountain bike in January and just 5 months on I’ve bought a road bike! Over the past 18 months I have competed in several Adventure Races which are great fun, but there is always an element of luck in them because competitors can choose multiple routes. So I would like to try [...]
Questars Race 2 – 30 May 2009 – Brecon Beacons, South Wales
Race 2 was held in the Brecon Beacons at a slightly different location to the place last year. Last year I competed with Dave in the 5 hour version and Steve did it on his own (6 hour version). This time I teamed up with Steve and we did the Masters trio (6 hours, 3 [...]