I set a goal in 2002 after I was getting over an op. Didn't want to chase up hills- didn't want to exert myself on the Flat- didn't even have to do the milage that I should have been doing. So I set a goal and that was to do the hardest ride I had ever done in my life. It is a killer- even for a fit younger person that I used to be.
Trained like mad- Down the gym- out on the bike ( Well Tandem as Stuart was co-erced into doing it with me) Eat all the right foods and really got myself fit. Or so I thought. That ride was as hard as I remenbered it being- but I did it and haven't stopped riding since. Now all I have to do is set another goal to motivate myself after a long winter that I still haven't recovered from.
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How long was I in the army? Five foot seven.
Spike Milligan