Whilst i’m on the subject of revolutions I recently read Tim Moore’s book, French Revolutions. If you like the Tour de France then you’ll love this book. Essentially the book covers Tim’s efforts to ride the same route as the 2000 Tour De France, all 3630km of it. It’s a hilariously entertaining account and one of those books that you seem to fly through, I thoroughly recommend it.
If you can recommend any other cycling books worth a read please leave a comment to let me know, thanks…
We’re already at the end of January 2009 and I’ve started to come around to honouring my 2009 New Year’s resolutions or in my case 2009 revolutions given that mine involve wheels. Back in 2007 I had a great year entering many competitions such as the Test Valley Tours and also an F3 Events team Triathlon at Dorney lakes. In the team triathlon I did my very best to keep up with the Iron Men on the bike leg , but it’s rather heart breaking when someone who’s already swum 1.5km cruises past you on their bike. I definitely need to work on my training!
Dorney Lake Triathlon - I'm in there somewhere!
So for 2009 I’d like to get back into the competition scene and I’m certainly planning to enter a number of the Test Valley Tours. These are excellent events for both on and off road. The courses are well marked and offer a variety of distances to challenge any level of fitness. The facilities are usually just right too allowing for a shower, bike wash and hot mug of tea / snack, just what you need after plugging through muddy trails for hours.
This year’s Test Valley tour line-up looks like this for now, so plenty of time to get some training in,
Well that’s enough for now, I should stop blogging and get out on my bike. Hopefully see you at one of the Test Valley events…
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