24hours on a bike (again already)

Well it’s almost time for the second chunk of my three part 2007 challenge. I’m still picking mud out of various interesting places from Mayhem and my legs aren’t quite fully back to life yet but I’m really looking forward to the challenge of pitching up at Cotswold Farm Park and having another weekend of bike related fun.

The rather unseasonable weather we seem to be enjoying (not!) at the moment coupled with the terrain of this particular course means that, for me anyway, anything resembling semi-slicks will be staying at home - something with grip on roots, decent mud clearance and puncture resistance will be the order of the day methinks!



I’m not known for excelling at the housework thing and our house still resembles something akin to a garage extension with bike bits, clothes, lights and piles of food over most of the visible floor space. It somehow just didn’t seem worth packing it all away after Mayhem only to have to get it all out again (well that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it).



I’m also determined to ignore the weather forecast and I’m packing my favourite white top – can you believe it’s come up this clean after Mayhem?

And then there were three….

How about these? Jo’s secret formula power food disguised as harmless looking goodies. I’ve just had one of these for my mid-morning snack and they are soooooo scrummy - I reckon a whole tray of these would fuel you for 24hours no problem.

Go Tinks Go….

Mr Miles has also recently set about converting Heather to clipless pedals and fuelled by a few glasses of wine she bravely took on the challenge and whizzed around fine. Check back on Heather’s diary and I am sure she will be posting how she’s getting along before using them in anger at the London Tri.

That’s it for now folks as I’m off to do some more general sorting out, tyre changing and bike washing and hopefully later on a bit of resting with my feet up (one of my favourite parts of training!).

Do come along and check out the event if you happen to be in the Cotswolds this weekend as the setting is lovely, especially if the weather holds. Entries have now closed to the actual race but further details on what’s going on (including demos from Bionicon, Cotic and Santa Cruz and the UK launch of certain 2008 Trek and Gary Fisher models) can be found on www.twentyfour12.com.