Eagle FM interviewed me last week about JOGLE and played it in their news bulletins over Saturday morning. The Sound byte is attached below if you're interested in hearing it. My bit appears around 2/3rds of the way in. - Mat. 
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This past week, St. Edmund's Catholic Primary School, Godalming have been busy selling raffle tickets to win Easter Eggs – in support of my bike ride and to raise funds for CHASE. My two youngest children Katie and Toby who attend St Eds have been working hard selling tickets to parents and children at the front of school, along with Katie’s friend Alice Sheppard. Yesterday, following the Easter Assembly which included a wonderful dance show organised by the year 6 pupils, I was invited to say a few words to the school about JOGLE and CHASE, and to draw the winning raffle tickets. I am absolutely delighted to say that their incredible hard work paid off, and St Eds managed to raise a fantastic £213.45 towards my CHASE fundraising! I’d like to say a BIG thank you to absolutely everybody involved, especially Mrs. Ramiz – St. Edmund's Head Teacher who has been the project “Mastermind”... Mat.  Knew I’d be lacking a decent mileage this weekend, but managed a short birthday blast from Westoning to Winslow and back with Policeman Pete and his brother in law, Chris.
Chris is a dark horse. He’s also in training, for the Etap du Tour, where amateur cyclists have a bash a just one of the Tour de France mountain stages a fortnight before the real race starts. This year the stage is about 180km with frightening height gains and 20km climbs. Apparently it’s fun! Anyway he was keeping a steady cadence on the way out (as you do) and we were all feeling comfy along the Buckinghamshire lanes. Pete managed the comedian’s dismount in Winslow square, forgetting the unclip-pedal-before- stopping-bike rule for our entertainment and we went for a pot of tea. After a cuppa we set off for a pleasant 25 mile thrash home (once Pete had stopped whining about his injured knee) and got a tailwind for good measure. So much so that we held back for Chris and his strict heartbeat-cadence rhythm thing. Stupid move. On a 3 mile uphill section to Little Brickhill he got ahead and disappeared into the distance. I think his training is coming on fine. Thanks Chris, now you can sponsor me! (and I haven’t forgotten you Pete.) Now we’ve got Easter to look forward to and the long-anticipated ride with Mat & I cycling from Godalming to Barton on Sea in the New Forest. Time to programme the Memory Map GPS toy. - Porks I turned 40 yesterday ... and after a weekend of being thoroughly spoilt by my lovely family, I decided I would celebrate by cycling for the day. It was such a beautiful day in contrast to previous training rides, so I maximised on the opportunity by clocking up some BIG miles. Just over 100 to be exact - in 6 and a half hours. New top speed down Duncton Hill: 45.8mph - although I need to stop trying now before I end up in the ploughed field at the bottom (aka Lance Armstrong, Le Tour 2006). Who say old age slows you down eh? Was a bit tender climbing on my turbo trainer at 6.30 this morning however... - Mat.  Not that I’m boasting, but my Saturday and Sunday training mileages came to 128 miles in total. Mat has been entertaining the kids all weekend so I have been able to get two decent rides against his zero. Not that we’re being competitive ...
The weather was as sunny as forecasted so I decided to head south on Saturday morning. Without too much boring detail, I cycled through Tebworth, Stanbridge, Eaton Bray and up to Whipsnade via Bison Hill. After a fuel stop at Studham, Dagnall and very rough potholed roads into Berkhamsted, I ended up at Chesham and celebrated with a bacon buttie for lunch. After this I headed for Great Missenden and skirted south of Wendover to the edge of Tring. Turning north east after Ivinghoe, the hill and the cold headwind added a bit of a challenge to the last 10 miles. On Sunday, my long suffering wife had to drive up to Birmingham, so I hitched a ride as far as Coventry and wrapped up for another sunny chilly ride back to Westoning. After the Lutterworth I had two routes in mind, and because of the breezy headwind I decided the A5 was the sensible option. Although the traffic moves fast, there is plenty of room for cyclists to be given a wide berth. The road was also full of Sunday morning enthusiasts either on motorbikes or classic cars, which livened up a very straight road, the most memorable car being a 1960s Jaguar at maximum speed. The most memorable BLT was served at the Super Sausage at Potterspury together with the best cup of tea before heading towards Stony Stratford and Bletchley, Woburn Sands and back home. That was a 5 hour stint in the saddle another 60 miles clocked up but it was a pleasant surprise that the previous day’s cycling hadn’t left me exhausted for Sunday. Maybe ten days in a row won’t be too painful after all.... My Ebay Specialzed Sirrus is turning out to be a perfect training bike. It is very light and high geared, but the wheels and hubs are taking a battering thanks to the condition of the weather worn roads so I am toying with the idea of going for newer hybrid before too long to buy more reliability. Finally this week, thanks to those of you who have already helped out with donations and offers of back-up so far. We will doubtless take you up on all your offers as we get closer to June. - Porks. | AuthorsPaul and Mat ArchivesJuly 2010 Categories | ||
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