Tag: England

First cycle wearing white Lycra of 2016!

Since you voted for it, I went out cycling wearing white Lycra for the first time this year! If you don’t follow me on Twitter, then you miss out on fun polls like this! So remember to follow me!

Pearl Izumi Team Garmin-Chipotle team kit

Pearl Izumi Team Garmin-Chipotle team kit

That was a great 30.06 mile cycle!

That was a great 30.06 mile cycle, the longest pre-work cycle of the year so far!! So far done 132 miles this week! Which is good going, since my goal was only 100 miles!

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 2014

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 2014

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team 2014

We made it to Scotland!

That’s Nick and myself now in Scotland! After just under 320 miles of driving! It’s the first Nick’s ever in Scotland! I just know he’s going to have a great time! So many great places, I want to show him! Just hope the weather plays nice!

I will now leave you with some photos! The first of many, I am sure!! 😀

Stainmore Summit
At Stainmore Summit, at round the half way point to Scotland!
Love this view!
I love this love!
Welcome to Scotland Nick!
Nick is now officially in Scotland for the first time ever!!
To think, I've cycled...
Just to think, I’ve cycled all the way from John O’Groat’s to Land’s End!

Second 40+ mile cycle of 2016

I am not long back in from my second 40+ mile cycle of 2016. Now really hoping, I can get my first 50+ mile cycle of the year done, before the month is out!

I will now leave you with the route map, elevation graph, route statistics and photos.

Route map:-

05-04-2016 - bike ride route map

Elevation graph:-

05-04-2016 - bike ride elevation graph

Route statistics:-

  • Start time: 1:02 pm.
  • Distance: 40.13 miles.
  • Time: 3:26:28 (h:m:s).
  • Elapsed Time: 5:04:52 (h:m:s).
  • Avg Speed: 11.7 mph.
  • Max Speed: 32.1 mph.
  • Elevation Gain: 395 meters.
  • Min Elevation: 33 meters.
  • Max Elevation: 99 meters.

Data from: Garmin Connect.

Photos:-

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Burnt out car = Great Spider-man location!

Here are some more Amazing Spiderman 2 Morphsuit photos. I think the burnt out car goes well with the suit! Of course, I do feel sorry for the person that use to own the car.

Amazing Spiderman 2 Morphsuit

Amazing Spiderman 2 Morphsuit

Amazing Spiderman 2 Morphsuit

Sport Relief 2016 photos @ theDogs!

Here are some photos from last night at the Peterborough Greyhounds (my place of work). When we run a marathon in the time in the time it’s takes us to ‘run’ a meeting! That was a 26 gruelling miles in around 3 hours!

All the money we raised from the run is of course going to Sport Relief.

Many more photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/england/peterboroughgreyhounds/sportrelief-2016/

First Amazing Spiderman 2 Morphsuit pics of 2016!

I’ve had a good number of lads, ask me to wear my Amazing Spiderman 2 Morphsuit again and of course do photos! So, I of course, I have to keep my fans happy!

Yes, I cycled back home wearing it under the rest of my cycling gear! 😀

Amazing Spiderman 2 Morphsuit

Scotland training jacket + Morphsuit

Amazing Spiderman 2 Morphsuit

Local pond overflowing!

Don’t think I’ve ever seen the pond is my village overflow like this before! Seen it high, but never this bad!

More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/england/castle-bytham/

First cycle of March 2016… DONE!

That’s the first cycle of March 2016, done! I did 21.1 miles, meaning I’ve only got 204 more miles left to do, then I will have done more miles than in March of last year! Which should be very easy to do!

I will now leave you will some photos from the cycle! This time I am wearing the blueseventy axium wetsuit, since I am sure lots of you, are getting bored of seeing the Zone3 Evolution Swim-Run wetsuit all the time!

Out cycling

blueseventy axium wetsuit

blueseventy axium wetsuit