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| Mo-tastic |
I know it's been a while since my last musings but to be perfectly honest there isn't much to report! It's now late November and the Mo is about as interesting as the last month has got!
Since last time the bike is now repaired thanks to some free wheels and it has since been setup properly and had a quick gear and brake service at the
Bike Magician. This guy knows his beans and having only ridden it once since the changes it feels like a new bike already. A quick raise of the seat and a massive drop of the bars, new stem, a cleat tweak and a new 30 tooth cassette and I'm fit to tackle most things on it, climbing is now so much easier knowing I have a crawler gear in the bag!
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| Shiny new Deda stem |
Other than that it has mostly been lunchtime running club and lap swimming all of which is quite dull really. A recent lunchtime run developed into a long walk after one of those pesky snipers shot me in the calf, fortunately enough I was already booked in to the physio. One painful half later and the calf was ship shape again, well nearly. The only other notable run recently will have been the Windmill Race recce run. Part planning part running we tramped around the 10 mile course primarily to make sure it was 10mile and partly for a bit of fun. It's far steeper and longer all the way up there than I remember! In other Windmill Race news entries will open in the new year so don't forget!!
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| Toasty warm |
With the cold and wet ever descending I have invested in some shoe covers and they were well worth it. The shakedown ride alone they have paid for themselves keeping the cold at bay, oh and as per everything else they're bright yellow!!! Just waiting on the rest of the winter wear to arrive and not a moment too soon as there is a planned Jubilee Tower ride on the books in the not too distant future.
The plans for next years racing are coming along too, deciding to enter the Anglesey Sandman 2015 earlier this year I had to wait for till the 17th November to entries to open. Not wanting to miss out, 12 noon Monday the 17th and I was in there like a rat up a drain pipe - entered & paid. Then I watched the highlights of this years race on Channel 4 and am now re-thinking it! You can watch the highlights here:
Anglesey Sandman 2014. Can't wait for 2015 now first Cholmondeley Half then the Sandman interspersed with some local sprints!
