Fort William Downhill
Sunday was a trip up to the international downhill track at Fort William. There was the luxury of a cable car to the top - great but expensive. Then the terror of the run down. It’s given me a big confidence boost to survive in one piece, but also shown me the gap in ability between myself and some of the regulars. It also made me realise how long the race is going to be, I could barely stand after this course and the real one is going to be 10 times longer….
AE Forest - A coincidence it’s like A&E?
The ongoing training has taken me up to Scotland where I spent Friday trying to ride the forest trails at AE. Unfortunately a spill at the furthest pointof the trail meant my companion taking an unscheduled trip to A&E in Dumfries in order to have a hole in her leg patched back up. The sight of gushing blood and white bone had been quite sickening, but she was brave and back out on her bike by Sunday.
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About
I started this website to record my progress as I try to compete in the Mega Avalanche in July 2008, said to be one of the worlds toughest mountain bike races. As I write this in December 2007 I have zero downhill racing experience and pretty mediocre fitness.
The reason for attempting this is to raise at least £2,500 for the Severn Hospice, a charity that provides fantastic care for those with serious illnesses in the Shropshire and Mid Wales area.
If you would like to donate then please visit my charity page, or to find out more look here.
And if you are wondering about the title of my site, it was the first words from the mouth of my best mate as I told him what I was going to attempt...
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