Comments on: Preparing For The Brian Robinson Challenge http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/preparing-for-the-brian-robinson-challenge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preparing-for-the-brian-robinson-challenge Slimming Down And Fittening Up! Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:28:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ColinJ http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/preparing-for-the-brian-robinson-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-138 ColinJ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:12:17 +0000 http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/?p=799#comment-138 It was 77 miles but I did an extra 14 miles there-and-back to get a lift from another rider so it was 91 miles for the day. It wasn't so much the distance as the hills that hurt! I'll try and write the event report this evening. As for toughness of rides... I don't drive, so most of my rides end up being round here where it is hilly. I choose the hills rather than the busy valley roads most of the time so the longer rides do end up being quite hard. Never mind - <em>what doesn't kill me, makes me stronger</em> and all that! :wink: I'm going to try and ride in Cheshire more often to be able to enjoy the flatter roads out there. I've ridden the Manchester 100 six times but the friend who used to give me a lift to that has emigrated. I'm developing a new network of cycling pals and several have offered me lifts to future events so cycling further-afield without relying on trains or overnight stays is becoming potentially possible again. It was 77 miles but I did an extra 14 miles there-and-back to get a lift from another rider so it was 91 miles for the day. It wasn’t so much the distance as the hills that hurt! I’ll try and write the event report this evening.

As for toughness of rides… I don’t drive, so most of my rides end up being round here where it is hilly. I choose the hills rather than the busy valley roads most of the time so the longer rides do end up being quite hard. Never mind – what doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger and all that! :wink:

I’m going to try and ride in Cheshire more often to be able to enjoy the flatter roads out there. I’ve ridden the Manchester 100 six times but the friend who used to give me a lift to that has emigrated. I’m developing a new network of cycling pals and several have offered me lifts to future events so cycling further-afield without relying on trains or overnight stays is becoming potentially possible again.

]]> By: redbikes http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/preparing-for-the-brian-robinson-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-137 redbikes Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:54:17 +0000 http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/?p=799#comment-137 Best of luck. Another hilly 100. You seem to be getting into these tough rides. Best of luck.

Another hilly 100. You seem to be getting into these tough rides.

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