Breaking In

Entries open today for this year’s Tour de Yorkshire in Scarborough. We quickly snaffle a couple of places, now all I need to do is complete the course this year.

Meanwhile L has already said she wants to do a few sportives this year, ten to be precise. Which is not a problem, just leave it to me.

I’m in the 85k, she’s in the 40k. As her long plan is the Vitruvian perhaps I should have booked her in 85k as well but it’s probably best to break her in gently.

Squash is off as my opponent is still unwell and will probably be off next week as well as he’s working away.

I’m on the bike today and get home to a present from Doggo, who has diarrhoea, in the kitchen. Yuk.

(Thursday 28^th January)

In A Purely Supporting Role

I’m on the bike today, warming up for the next couple of sportives. First the Dare 2B Rutland CiCLE Tour next week and then the Tour of Yorkshire the week after. Should be fun and even L has booked into them both albeit in shorter distances.

Before that she has the Derby 10k this weekend. I’m still gently nursing several injuries back to health so will be in a purely supporting role with the boys.

No dog training tonight. 

(Wednesday 15^th April)

Small, Medium and Large

Perfect bike weather this morning, no wind for once. I bet L is well jealous.

She has actually been looking at Sportives and cycling kit. She shows me a ‘Womens Only’ event which rather amusingly has two routes which they have called Short and Medium rather than Short and Long. They seem to think this sort of psychology appeals to women, perhaps it does to some but L seems to find it a bit quite condescending.

Funny thing is, if you’re trying to buy your woman a glass of wine in a bar you’re often faced with two options there as well - medium and large. Clearly somebody is of the opinion that women like to think their bike rides are shorter than they actually are and that their glasses of wine are bigger than they actually are.

L suggests that we stick to our usual Friday routine tonight unless I have the urge to do the Colin Potter 10k in Derby. I have stronger urges that Colin Potter and anyway I’m saving my legs in case I have to swim away from any sharks or supermarket trolleys on Saturday.

(Friday 5^th July)