Archive for the ‘Cycling’ Category

Just watched in amazement as the men’s team almost lap Denmark in the gold medal race. The race began perfectly, shredding Denmark’s spirit from the first few laps.

Setting a new world record of 3:53.314.

This is pinnacle - we’ve been working on this for the best part of a decade and what a performance

- Paul Manning

…aka lose your penis in a week

Merrily frolicking on the open road (in the freezing cold) last Thursday, I found myself needing to turn right at a junction. As I didn’t particularly want to un-clip just to stop for one truck, I thought I’d risk it and take the corner whilst accelerating quite promptly. This wasn’t one of my most clever choices.

As predicted, its happened. Over the summer holidays, I’ve gradually gone off track. Having gone from biking every single day, swimming twice a week and weight training before the holidays, I now haven’t biked for over a week. However, things are about to change again.

Every year, jolly charitable cyclists bunch together to raise some money by cycling 50 miles from London to Cambridge. Since I was about 5, my Dad has been saying we should give it a shot. Finally (now 17) we’ve got round to it.