Over the last 3 weeks I've been training in the Peak District which is where my family - and cat - live. There are some some great road rides in the English countryside and the MTB is pretty good too, especially some of the trail centres including
Cannock Chase and
Coed Llandegla. The road riding is peaceful: quiet country lanes, tough climbs and quaint hamlets and villages especially around
Goyt Valley. I really like it :)
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| Peace and quiet in the Peak District :) |
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| Post ride re-fuel after fast laps at Llandegla |
Last weekend I raced a muddy course at the
Midlands XCO and drove directly to Gatwick afterwards. Now we're in Italy at
Bike Festival Riva del Garda. Tomorrow is the marathon (94km/3800m of climbing), it's going to be tough in the mud after all of the rain we've had this week, but the post race ice cream will taste great :) We're staying at a really cool
bike hotel in Torbole and the restaurant has gluten free pasta cooked al dente - very unusual to find somewhere that doesn't over cook GF pasta!
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| Muddy Midlands XC |
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| Beautiful Riva :) |
On Tuesday we will leave Italy and travel to Scotland where I'll race the National Marathon Championships at
Selkirk next weekend. Fingers crossed for sunshine and dry trails up there ;)
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