"Pain is weakness leaving the body" M.Beardshaw 2009


Vital Statistics

  • 200 Cakes eaten – all by Neil Bruce
  • Average distance per day 90 miles
  • Average Speed 15 MPHs
  • Calories burned – 5000 per day

Quotes of the day, ...

"What do you mean you want to go down your own drive?" Dalton 2009

"It's important to have an end to journey towards, but in the end the journey is more important" Beardshaw 2009.

"Where's Mansac?" Anon. 2009.

"Great crash, that's going on the Blog" Dalton 2009

Monday, 15 June 2009

Bloodied but unbowed


Tools of the trade and the winner of the dirtiest shirt competition:




Despite a catalogue of aches, pains and injuries we all managed to conquer the Pyrennes and reach Spain.




Special mention should go to Mike who has carried an injured shoulder the whole way and Miska who has been nursing a pulled hamstring since day 5. Both have carried on through the pain. Most of us have sore knees and/or achilles tendons and have relied on a steady supply of painkillers to get us through.




First up the mountain was Shaun (although it has to be said that he had a head start on the favorites - Will and Mark). He is also winner of the dirtiest shirt contest and not unconnectedly the king of the art of falling of a bike:


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