Hey, so I've not been on for a while, been a little busy and totally stuck in with my new job at Rapha, which is a brilliant challenge.
Just completed the Wales Sportive (72m) with my bro and his mates this weekend and ramping up to some bigger challenges to come. I am hoping to be able to compete at the Bearded man 3 day event:
http://blackmountains3day.co.uk , but can't afford to enter yet, gutted, as this is where James and I got married back in 2008 - maybe it' one for our 5yr anniversary instead!! James is talking about me joining him for Cape Epic 2013,
http://www.cape-epic.com, very keen to give this a go as it'll be a real grrrrrrr event! and I'm still really keen to go 24hr solo mtb at some point..... just need to pick the right race to 'break me in' so to speak.
I am loving riding my bike around London right now, it's a real adrenaline boost before a day in the office and it's helping my MTB skills alot too, I'm finding that I'm not putting my foot down so much and can get through anything, plus, having nothing technical to ride here makes me more daring when we cycle at weekends, I'll drop down almost anything now - I've finally grown some nuts (not sure on that one!!) My lovely hand-me-down Felt is after a much needed strip down, clean up and re-spray, which got me daydreaming about the new Focus Raven 29er 1.0 - it's beautiful:
http://www.focus-bikes.com/int/en/bikes/bikes-2012/category/mtb-hardtail-11/subcategory/29r/model/raven-29r-10.html , well, I can dream can't I?
Also since Ironman I've got my eye on a Specialized Ruby Elite, also a beautiful bike:
http://www.specialized.com/gb/gb/bikes/road/ruby/rubyelitecompact , top it all off with some Rapha kit (I wish!) and I'll be the most pro female rider I know!!
http://www.rapha.cc/womens-grand-tour-gloves
I'm planning with James for once we've both finished our stints in London, to have a cycling adventure - a coastal ride, eg; fly into Seville and out of Barcelona and ride between, or maybe fly to Nice and out of Pisa perhaps........ just really need some freewheeling cycling time with my hubby to loo forward to soon ;-)
