The Blog- a new start

Welcome to our new Coast to Coast blog.

All the old details are here, just as searchable, just as long, just as personal to me.

But with the 2009 ride, it will take a new direction.

Up until now, the blog was always somewhere I recorded my own personal progress with fitness towards the ride. I wanted it not only as a  journal of my rides, but also to act as reassurance to newbie’s that you do not have to be supersonically fit to complete the ride- I always got by on the minimum amount of training.

But as the ride has grown, I think that the blog had served it’s purpose. 3 years of training should be enough to please anyone! (You also get the 3 years worth of not training- those are the days where I never blogged- I think you will find that there are far more of those).

Now in it’s sixth year, the ride is now different from the start. From the first year with just 4 riders, we are now having to cap it at 200 to ensure that we are growing safely and at a managed level. We want to keep the ride safe for all concerned, and keep our reputation of being a great ride in tact. Yes, in year 10, we want to be capping it off at 500, or 1000, but we also know that to get there, we need to be looking at 200 this year.

I know that I say it every year, but I am really excited about this year’s route. The thought  climbing out of Woolacombe with 200 other riders is exciting! Also, on the reckie my son and I recently did, we discovered a real treat- the ride along side the canal through Exeter. And the part around the back of Powderham castle is great!

I will be updating this blog regularly towards the ride, and beyond, and hope to give you all some idea of what we were thinking in the planning of the ride, and why it is like it is. Let me know if you think is good! Also, feel free to post your comments below.

June 7th will soon be here. Will you be?