Dear Crickets and Tumbleweeds

I dear, do I sound really needy?? Just so you know... I get really excited each time I get a comment or +1 on my blog.And not to be a whiny baby, but it has been a while now people!! Even an email would help!!

I also get really excited each time I get a donation. I have 11  - thank you so much my wonderful amazing friends!

Now last time, I promised a training update... so with 119 days to go... this is the story so far:
September:    80km - which is a 100% improvement on the previous 100 years (since I last rode a bike!)
October:        112km - which as a 40% improvement over September!!

So I think that is pretty amazing!

Things which need to be ignored for this to still be amazing:

1. My maximum distance in a day is 20km which is only 50% of the shortest day
2. I have not managed to cover the total distance we will be riding in 12 days in 2 months
3. 81 of the 112km in October were done in the first 15 days

Lucky this is a journey... and I still have time... there are 119 days to go!

Now November has started with a bang! Today I completed Stage 3 of the TdF "Fregneac". 

Distance:           18.6km 

Time:                 52 mins and 46 seconds 

Time Allowed:   53 mins and 21 seconds (romped it in!)

Average Watts: 114 (nearly 2x60 watt lightbulbs. Hah!)

Calories:           496 (5 glasses of wine!)

The steepest hill on this stage was a 7.5 degree incline. Definitely a hill! Quite a big one if you ask me... and it happened more than once. I didn't much care for them if truth be told... Lucky our ride is flat!!

OK... back to work.

W x