Day 2 of the cycling starts today, the plan is to ride 70km from Bagan to Popa. A mix of paved roads and sandy roads/dirt tracks. Hopefully, it will be a little less sandy than MYANMAR CYCLE TOUR – DAY 3: YANGON – BAGAN was. Although, I do love riding in the sand but it’s just slow going. Breakfast today was really good, a choice … Continue reading MYANMAR CYCLE TOUR 2019 – DAY 4: BAGAN – POPA
After a long day travelling on DAY 1 and another long day on DAY 2, the new day doesn’t disapoint. We are up at 4:30am and leaving the hotel at 5am to catch another flight. This time we are taking a short flight from Yangon to Bagan, where we will check into the Bagan Hotel River View, get our bike fitting sorted, get changed into … Continue reading MYANMAR CYCLE TOUR 2019 – DAY 3: YANGON – BAGAN
We start where we ended DAY 1 in Singapore Airport, we are only here for two hours then it is another 2 hour flight into Yangon. I wont bore you with another plane photo, they all look the same. The jet lag kicked in by the time we arrived in Yangon. We landed at 9:30am Sunday morning, the body clock still on UK time thinking … Continue reading MYANMAR CYCLE TOUR 2019 – DAY 2: REST DAY IN YANGON
Here we go then, off on another cycling tour, this time flying out east to Myanmar for the Road to Mandalay Cycle Challenge which is operated by Global Adventure Challenges. I have previously taken part in two other cycle challenges with Global. Riding the DEATH VALLEY CYCLE CHALLENGE in 2016 and the ARIZONA TO LAS VEGAS CYCLE CHALLENGE a year later. I was due to … Continue reading MYANMAR CYCLE TOUR 2019 – DAY 1: TRAVEL DAY
A few words recapping on my Ride London 100 experience. I went in aiming for a sub 5:30 100 miler having missed out by 21 minutes two weeks ago. Could I bounce back and improve by over 21 minutes?? Continue reading RIDE LONDON:SURREY 100 2019 RECAP
A brief recap on my ride around Cheshire in the Evans Cycles Cheshire 100 Sportive. I went for the long route which is 100 miles and set out to attempt to ride 100 miles under 5hrs 30mins for the first time. This is the 2nd of 3 100+ mile sportives in a six week period. Continue reading CHESHIRE 100 2019 SPORTIVE RECAP
In two weeks time, I will be riding in the GFNY World Championship New York Gran Fondo. This is a 100-mile bike race with over 8,500ft of climbing. It starts at the George Washington Bridge in New York, the route goes upstate to Bear Mountain and back again to finish in Fort Lee New Jersey. This race falls 8 days after Ironman 70.3 Mallorca and … Continue reading GFNY NEW YORK 2019 HOPES & DREAMS
Yep I did it, I got into the Ride 100 through the ballot. Read on for my thoughts on the upcoming sportive and my very early goals for the day. Continue reading I GOT INTO THE RIDE LONDON-SURREY 100!
This is my write up from my 2 day ride around London. The London Revolution, this was a 300km ride starting in Enfield, stopping off at Windsor before returning to Enfield. Taking in some nice climbs in the north downs and chilterns. Continue reading DELUX TRADE LONDON REVOLUTION 2018 RECAP
On October 8th a group of 44 cyclists arrived in Cameron Arizona with a range of abilities but all with the same shared goal. Riding 300+ miles from Cameron Arizona, along the Grand Canyon, through the Arizona desert arriving at Last Vegas 5 days later. This is my personal account of how things went from my eyes, we all will have differing stories along the way but I hope you enjoy mine. Continue reading ARIZONA TO LAS VEGAS CYCLE CHALLENGE 2017
The Cheshire Runner. 