After months and months of not riding a bike, and months of running then unfortunately due to injury months of not running or cycling I managed to drag my arse around London Marathon, ive managed to help my local club buy a defibrillator and raise money for The Firefighters Charity , so here's hoping I can get back to riding a bike once my quads calm down lol can't wait
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding ... oconnell-3

Well done Mick.

Well done Mick.

Cheers rich it was horrible and great at the same time but I really miss my bike lol

Chapeau (.what is the running equivalent )
and its starting to dry out, its almoat warm so get the bike out and go ride.

Cheers Ive been told it's like riding 100 miles but I'm not sure about that

Well done Mick. I have a fiver yo donate to your defib mate, so hopefully well worth the challenge (sorry, it's not much is it, but still 1% of your target ).

I started training for the Yorkshireman and a couple weeks ago did 12 miles split over 2 runs, and over 1800ft of elevation. Knees swelled up so had to relax back. Had em cupped (blood letting) and stopped running for a bit. Been walking 6 and 8 milers instead which seems reasonable.

Only problem is, the training for the Sept marathon might not be going too well and the 240 miler bike ride in 4 weeks might also have suffered It is named after one of the hardest people in (recent) history afterall and I guess if no one finishes it I can benchmark it as the regular 2 yearly ride!

Well done! I've had brushes with the London Marathon and the ben fund too - great work. Some dosh incoming...

Well done

Cheers shaf I had a mare in training tbh I got to my 14m and bust my knee amd didnt get any more miles in and the didnt run for 2 months before my run
but I've had a bad year tbh I'd only manged to run 212 miles in the last 12 months so it was tough going
Tbh a few years ago when I was doing off road runs I found hill walking was my best training, it worked great

Thanks all and if anyone is to donate the link is below , I'm keeping it open for a bit
Thanks again much appreciated
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding ... oconnell-3

Edit fixed the link Thanks again

Fixed the link doh...

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding ... oconnell-3