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Post adventure blues
The alps was incredible, I never expected it to be so hard to return to normality after the race but it has been tough! Puppy's make life better In late August Luna burst into our lives and for a while my world was consumed with puppy duties, which took my mind off...
Q&A with Specialized bikes after the Bike Trans Alp
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Power Bar – Natural Energy Cereal
The Power Bar natural energy cereal is one of the samples I had through being a Power Bar product tester. I have been really impressed with the products I have tasted and this is no exception! During my 3 hour training ride I used this as an energy snack. The session...
Bike – Specialized ERA Carbon Comp
Earlier in the year I took part in the Trans Alp bike race. For the race I rode the Specialized ERA Comp. The brain technology in the shock made for a super comfortable ride without loosing power going up hill. The Era is a brilliant bike for long distance mountain...
It’s been a while
Sorry for the long period of silence it has taken me some time to put my thoughts into sentence form! Since competing the Trans Alp at the end of July life has been somewhat bizzare... I came back full of memories of the highs and lows and buzzing from achieving my...
Trans Alp video 2016
The Trans Alp bike race was one of the most incredible experiences and I cannot wait to do another stage race. Here is the first video created by my Dads film company. Thanks Dad! [vimeo 178005152 w=640 h=360] Thank you to everyone who supported our journey we could...
Trans Alp Day 7 – The final ascent
Today was a mixture of emotions standing on the start line I felt elated to have made it this far, with no serious mechanicals for both me and the bike! But unhappy that it was to be the last 54 km ride in this beautiful race. The start After a dry start leaving...
Trans Alp Day 6 – Team work, tunnels and thunderstorms
Day six, of the Bike Trans Alp, started with some nerves, I was worried about how my back would be after yesterday and felt rather emotional about being so close to the finish line. Luckily sleep, Pilates and painkillers seemed to work okay and after the congestion...
Trans Alp Day 5 – 3,000m of climbing
Today was tough! I didn’t get the best start as my chain jammed 800m from the start once I had fixed it took ages for me to get going again because of the sheer number of bikers squeezing down this small Italian road. This bad luck continued throughout the day, my...
Trans Alp Day 4 – The long climb to the summit
Today started slowly as we left Livigno the sheer number of cyclists trying to fit through the streets made the M25 at rush hour look deserted! After 4km the road climb turned to gravel track and soon we all spread out grinding our way to the top. The first climb was...