DaveyM
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Well done Mr BE still eating up the miles I see
Motivate me please!
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mrbadexample
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Not quite as quickly as others I could mention!
Whatever I manage to do in the week, you knock off with interest at the weekends. Makes you hard to catch.
I hope to bring up the 300 mark tomorrow with 15 more miles. 
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mrbadexample
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you'll soon be looking forward to going up hills than going down
and passing people at twice their speed always feels great, keep it up
I still like down best.
Today I repeated yesterday's run, with a few more miles running about locally before I went, so that brings me up to 303 miles in a day short of 6 weeks.
It's a bit dicey out there at the moment: load of nasty slimy leaves at the side of the road and two days of constant mist and drizzle. Not a huge amount of fun. There's an underpass I use to skip a busy roundabout and a bit of dual carriageway. It's designated as a cycle and pedestrian route, but the plonkers that made it used the shiniest, slipperiest block paving they possibly could. Nearly fell on it once each way yesterday. I actually went for the dual carriageway on the way home tonight, as it felt a safer option.
DaveyM
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well done on the 300 mate 
simon.r
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I'm on the Bescot side of Walsall, and never a local (only lived here about 20 years!) so not that familiar with your bit. I know it's prettier than my side though.
I drove down the M6 today and spotted the Bescott Stadium (through the drizzle). You have my sympathies
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mrbadexample
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I drove down the M6 today and spotted the Bescott Stadium (through the drizzle). You have my sympathies
Well you'll have had plenty of time for a good look - you won't have been going very fast.
simon.r
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Well you'll have had plenty of time for a good look - you won't have been going very fast.
Very true!
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mrbadexample
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More miles (good), more darts (bad) more drizzle (ugly).
Had a look at the 2013 TDF route today - looks like a good one. Will have to get myself over to Paris - I've been promising myself for a few years that the 100th edition would be the one. I've been to see stages before but not in Paris. Here's me in Perpignan, 2009:
Front page of L'Equipe - couldn't believe it!
Had a look at the 2013 TDF route today - looks like a good one. Will have to get myself over to Paris - I've been promising myself for a few years that the 100th edition would be the one. I've been to see stages before but not in Paris. Here's me in Perpignan, 2009:
Front page of L'Equipe - couldn't believe it!
wow, man, entering tour de france. can you tell me about how good you are?More miles (good), more darts (bad) more drizzle (ugly).
Had a look at the 2013 TDF route today - looks like a good one. Will have to get myself over to Paris - I've been promising myself for a few years that the 100th edition would be the one. I've been to see stages before but not in Paris. Here's me in Perpignan, 2009:
Front page of L'Equipe - couldn't believe it!
like average speed?
average distance you travel
how often you train
diet etc? thank you
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mrbadexample
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1. Not very. Anyone can go and watch, you don't have to be good.
2. About 60mph average across France, less round the towns of course.
3. Anywhere from 400-1000 miles, depending on where the stage takes place, and where I might happen to have a mate I can stay with.
4. I took the train to Perpignan that day, from Argelès-sur-Mer, but as a rule, not very often.
5. I refuse to go on a diet.
That's Tommy Voeckler winning the stage, I'm in the crowd (under the big red arrow) recording Cavendish about 5 seconds behind the cheeky Frenchman.
I recommend you go and see some. Well worth the trouble - tends to be a great atmosphere.
Old Plodder
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You've got good eyesight......Here's me in Perpignan, 2009:
Front page of L'Equipe - couldn't believe it!
(Them there faces are just a blur...)Oh, & congrats for passing 300; next target 500!
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mrbadexample
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You've got good eyesight......
It's bigger and clearer in the actual paper. I should know, I bought 5 copies.
Oh, & congrats for passing 300; next target 500!
Cheers pal.
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mrbadexample
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Tough today. A little tougher than it should have been, too.
I didn't want to go out because it's cold and pretty windy. Nice and bright and dry though. I couldn't decide where I wanted to go, but eventually headed for the canal. A good choice because most of it is quite sheltered from the wind, but it's a dicey ride. Very slippery, and quite rough in places. Almost ended up in the canal when I took one hand off the bars to try and unzip my jacket a bit.
It made for pretty slow going, but I didn't mind that this morning. Got to College Road at an average of 11mph, then turned and headed for home along the road. That was the worst bit - uphill with the wind blowing me to a virtual standstill. Further knackered my average speed by stopping in at the electrical shop. Waited five minutes for the old boy to answer the phone and shuffle around out the back before declaring he didn't have the bulbs I wanted.
Plodded back in. Final average for the 15 miles just 10.9mph, but I'm not bothered as it wasn't ever going to be a quick ride. Everything seemed to hurt though. My back was sore - the worst it's been since I started. I tried my new ALDI cycling gloves, which were rubbish. Warm enough except at the fingertips, but the padding just made them uncomfortable, and made my hands a bit numb. And despite the padded shorts, the nether regions aren't too well off either.
Oh well, should help to mitigate my losses to DaveyM over the weekend.
I didn't want to go out because it's cold and pretty windy. Nice and bright and dry though. I couldn't decide where I wanted to go, but eventually headed for the canal. A good choice because most of it is quite sheltered from the wind, but it's a dicey ride. Very slippery, and quite rough in places. Almost ended up in the canal when I took one hand off the bars to try and unzip my jacket a bit.
It made for pretty slow going, but I didn't mind that this morning. Got to College Road at an average of 11mph, then turned and headed for home along the road. That was the worst bit - uphill with the wind blowing me to a virtual standstill. Further knackered my average speed by stopping in at the electrical shop. Waited five minutes for the old boy to answer the phone and shuffle around out the back before declaring he didn't have the bulbs I wanted.
Plodded back in. Final average for the 15 miles just 10.9mph, but I'm not bothered as it wasn't ever going to be a quick ride. Everything seemed to hurt though. My back was sore - the worst it's been since I started. I tried my new ALDI cycling gloves, which were rubbish. Warm enough except at the fingertips, but the padding just made them uncomfortable, and made my hands a bit numb. And despite the padded shorts, the nether regions aren't too well off either.
Oh well, should help to mitigate my losses to DaveyM over the weekend.
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I am going out riding in a hurricane so I can stay ahead of you two.
