Today I'm getting ready for a major preparation event in my training. On Sunday I'm competing in the 2010 Dragon Ride in South Wales - 118 miles (and over 10,000 feet of climbing) in the Black Mountains and Breacon Beacons, and the forecast is temps in the mid 20s!
Next month my 1,000 mile Lands End to John O'Groats trip has 40,000 feet of climbing but that's spread over 10 days!
I must admit I'm a little nervous of taking on this challenge - hardly slept last nite fretting about it.
Ah well - bring on the Dragon!!
PS Mon 7/6/10 the Dragon has been Slain. 117 miles in 9 hours 1 min. Easily the best (and worst) physical thing I've done in my life:
Day 1 (Sat 24/7/10) a 12 mile warm up in going from Penzance to Lands End then on to Launceston, a further 80 miles.
Day 2 (Sun 25/7/10) Launceston to Bridgwater - 80 miles.
Day 3 (Mon 26/7/10) Bridgwater to Hereford - 90 miles.
Day 4 (Tues 27/7/10) Hereford to Northwich - 100 miles!
Day 5 (Weds 28/7/10) Northwich to Kendal - 90 miles.
Day 6 (Thurs 29/7/10) Kendal to Lockerbie - only 73 miles!
Day 7 (Fri 30/7/10) Lockerbie to Stirling - 85 miles.
Day 8 (Sat 31/7/10) Stirling to Dalwhinnie - 90 miles.
Day 9 (Sun 1/8/10) Dalwhinnie to Tain - 90 miles.
Day 10 (Mon 2/8/10) Tain to John O'Groats - 85 miles.
