After a long tiring travel day and expo yesterday in the NYCM Day 1 post, today was going to be more relaxing and getting things ready for the run tomorrow. I was also signed up to run the Abbott 5k Dash to the Finish which I was going to be using as a shakeout run. I didn’t have a great sleep, the room felt hot … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2019 – DAY 2: 5K DASH & RELAXING?
Time to head out to New York again, this time to run the 2019 TCS New York City marathon. This will be my third year running this marathon, New York is by far the best marathon I have run, hence coming back three times. This year I am travelling with my wife and daughter and then heading down to Florida for 10 days at Disney … Continue reading NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2019 – DAY 1: TRAVEL DAY & EXPO
Waking up this morning at 5:45am was hard, I felt really tired and groggy after a late night celebrating. No hangover which was nice given the 30 hours of travelling back home. It was also a little sad waking up today, after 7 magical days here in Myanmar, it was coming to an end. Have a read of my DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 … Continue reading MYANMAR CYCLE TOUR 2019 – DAY 8: BACK HOME
The last day of riding and last full day here in Myanmar! where has that week gone? time flies when you are having fun doesn’t it? In my MYANMAR CYCLE TOUR – DAY 6: MYINGYAN – MANDALAY we completed our biggest day in the saddle, today is just a half-day of riding around Mandalay to see a few sights and hopefully finish up at lunch. … Continue reading MYANMAR CYCLE TOUR 2019 – DAY 7: MANDALAY – MINGUN
This is the biggest day on the bike with 100km on the menu. Day 6 out here in Myanmar and the fourth day on the bike. The sad reality is, after this one, there is just the small ride around Mandalay tomorrow then its all over. Where has that time gone! Before all of that, we have 100km to ride on yet another hot and … Continue reading MYANMAR CYCLE TOUR 2019 – DAY 6: MYINGYAN – MANDALAY
Ok here we go, day 3 of biking and the biggest day on the plan. 90km today although, the general trend is downhill all the way with a few bumps here and there. As with MYANMAR CYCLE TOUR – DAY 4: BAGAN – POPA it was a shame to leave this hotel. The views from the room are by far the best I have ever … Continue reading MYANMAR CYCLE TOUR 2019 – DAY 5: POPA – MYINGYAN
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
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