What is it with us cyclists that makes us want to go out when we shouldn’t, take that corner at a speed we know is dangerous or go for a gap between traffic that under normal circumstances we would never dream of? It’s such an odd concept and one that I cannot quite fathom. I have put myself in some pretty dangerous situations on a bike and the first thing that comes into my mind when I have beaten the odds is my 2 year old daughter and wife. What would they do if I suffered the ultimate injury? I came off my Mountain bike a few years ago and broke my collarbone very badly, I was basically trying to ‘keep up with the bigger boys’ and was slightly encouraged to do something that I was in no way capable of doing. Suffice to say two operations and a month off later I was on the mend but my shoulder has never been the same since. It’s not even as if I am a Pro doing this for a living.

I know damn well that I will continue to cycle for years to come and will most likely suffer some kind of injury along the way, slightly massochistic?

Get well Neil.

No surprise here. Absolutely the best bike on the market, end of. 

Bike – 40 mins – 20K – 404 cals

1/2 hr free-weight shoulder session.

Jesus this brings things into a bit of perspective, check out the Heart Rate data on this. Pretty impressive stuff.

Well here it is, in all its glory, the official new Garmin-Cervelo team kit. Wow! I love it. Castelli are the team kit sponsor as they were with the Cervelo Test Team and this kit is superb.

Not sure when this is going to be available to buy but it’s going to be worth saving up for!

The only thing I can’t do is buy another Cervelo bike in corresponding colours so I guess I will just have to clash! Oh well, things could be worse, I could be on something other than a Cervelo!

Thanks to Velonation for the pics and info.

The view from the top of Trendelbeare is stunning whatever time of year you are there and didn’t disappoint today. It was pretty chilly at first but we all have good enough kit that we warmed up quickly.

A stop for coffee and a flapjack in Chagford was welcome, as was the roaring fire in The Ring O’Bells and we then headed back to via Mortenhampstead and Bovey Tracey. The road down there is awesome and we were certainly hitting a good pace. The overall ride was done at a steady 15mph average which is a good pace for fat burning anyway.

All in all a very good ride and the perfect way to kick off the New Year.

Take a look at some pictures from the ride in the photo gallery and there is a link tot he route and my Garmin info on the Training Diary page.

Anyway, I did a 40 minute row at quite a slow pace of 28 spm and finished on 9050 metres with a 2min 12 sec avge 500 metres. The main thing was it was great to be back doing some meaningful exercise after Christmas. Unfortunately I won’t be back to a normal Mon-Fri schedule until the week after next as I am back at work for three days only next week.

Am planning a New Years Day ride though now all of the snow has gone so hopefully this rain and mist will clear but I am going out whatever the weather!