Castle Bromwich Hill After arriving home from work on Monday, I had the feeling that I hadn’t exerted myself as much as the last time I followed this route. Now, I’m not pushing hard, just riding fairly steadily. After about seven miles, I come to a short steep hill (Castle Bromwich Hill) which I had…
Gear
Kev Cycles
In a bid to get fit and with recent fuel price rises (£1.90 litre) I recently dusted off one of my bikes with a view to using it to commute to work, at least, a few days a week. After literally dusting it off, I pumped up the tyres (bike last used in 2019) and…
RRR 2021 (the wrong shoes)
On Friday afternoon, after doing the weekly shop and picking up a few extras for the walk, I set off up the M42 towards Rotherham grabbing my blue shoes from the rack on the way out. After inputting the postcode into my SatNav, I discovered that I would be passing close by a friend’s house…
Incentive
Parkrun is a free, timed, 5k event that takes place every Saturday morning at over two thousand locations in twenty two countries. The programme started in 2004 as UK Time Trials before being renamed parkrun in 2008. I came across parkrun, doing my first run (yes, I used to run in those days) at Brueton…
Not Quite to Plan
The week started well, with me keeping to minimal mileage on Monday and a short walk on Tuesday with the dogs. It was a rather warm afternoon by the time I’d finished work but I harnessed up the dogs and we took a leisurely stroll to Water Orton. After crossing the motorways, I allowed the…