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TCRN07 Day 12: Le Bourg-d’Oisans – Moulins

07/08/19 221.43 Miles 15:57:58 hrs Moving Time 12,953 ft Gained 13.9 mph Average Speed With an early night last night and my longest sleep of the race, I was up and out in the dark just after 4am, heading towards the last major climb of the whole race. The Col du Solude wasn’t a climbContinueContinue reading “TCRN07 Day 12: Le Bourg-d’Oisans – Moulins”

TCRN07 Day 9: Saint Anton am Arlberg, Austria – Andermatt, Switzerland

04/08/19 124.31 Miles 9:31:55 Moving Time 8,504ft Gained 13mph Average Speed I had planned this to be my ‘easy’ day. As much as you can take it easy while cycling through the Alps. Waking up around 7am was luxury, and I even turned over and went back to sleep for an extra 20 minutes. ThisContinueContinue reading “TCRN07 Day 9: Saint Anton am Arlberg, Austria – Andermatt, Switzerland”

TCRN07 Day 8: Bolzano, Italy -Saint Anton am Arlberg, Austria

03/08/19 132.05 Miles 13:24 Moving Time 15,374ft Gained 9.9mph Average Speed CP3 DAY! Knowing without any major disasters I would reach the third checkpoint of the race today was enough motivation needed for an early start. Seen as I was on the checkpoint parcours, the part of the race where everyone has to follow aContinueContinue reading “TCRN07 Day 8: Bolzano, Italy -Saint Anton am Arlberg, Austria”

TCRN07 Day 7: Tarvisio, Italy – Bolzano, Italy

02/08/2019 160 Miles Approx (Computer failed) 13 Hours Moving Time 14,101ft Gained 12mph Average Speed Rain. Waking up from a deep sleep to the sound of heavy rain is always fun, no matter what anyone says. Even if you plan to spend all day outside pedalling up bloomin long hills, while trying to stay awake.ContinueContinue reading “TCRN07 Day 7: Tarvisio, Italy – Bolzano, Italy”

TCRN07 Day 6: Kutina, Croatia – Tarvisio, Italy

01/08/2019 210.35 Miles 14:19:08 Moving Time 6,152ft gained 14.7mph average Waking with the thought that at a push I could cycle all the way through Slovenia and be in Italy by the same night excited me. I needed to keep setting daily goals and to keep just looking at each day as it came, otherwise,ContinueContinue reading “TCRN07 Day 6: Kutina, Croatia – Tarvisio, Italy”

TCRN07 Day 5: Sabac, Serbia – Kutina, Croatia

187.44 miles 14:16:47 moving time 1,932ft gained 13.1mph average After a very deep sleep and a full belly from the previous nights feast, I zombied out of bed and achingly pulled my bib shorts and jersey on just after 4am. Carrying my packed saddle bag, frame bag, handlebar bag and bottles never got any easierContinueContinue reading “TCRN07 Day 5: Sabac, Serbia – Kutina, Croatia”

TCRNO7 – DAY 4 – Prokuplje, Serbia – Sabac, Serbia

183.15 Miles 14:31:01 Moving Time 16:49:33 Elapsed Time 9,462 Elevation Gained 12.6mph Average After spending a night under the watchful eyes of Mary hanging on the wall and dreaming about who the old mans slippers were in the bed next to me, the buzz of my bike computer alarm jolted me into life from aContinueContinue reading “TCRNO7 – DAY 4 – Prokuplje, Serbia – Sabac, Serbia”

TCRN07, Day 3: Dupnitsa, Bulgaria – Prokuplje, Serbia

178.60 Miles 15:17:26 Moving Time 17:51:58 Elapsed Time 8,701 Elevation Gained 11.7mph Average 6 dog attacks avoided Starting out from the hotel around 04:30, I spotted a few more bikes in the room where I kept mine, TCR riders. The receptionist was surprised to see me so early, but the other riders must have explainedContinueContinue reading “TCRN07, Day 3: Dupnitsa, Bulgaria – Prokuplje, Serbia”

TCRN07, Day 2: A Forest, Bulgaria – Dupnitsa, Bulgaria

194.49 Miles 16:19:03 Moving Time 19:47:42 Elapsed Time 15,525 Elevation Gained 11.9mph Average Number of horse and carts overtaken by: 1 Not having the best sleep, I woke around 3am, waking during the night to find myself about 2 metres away from my bike. Shouldn’t have slept on a hill I guess. Anyway, IContinueContinue reading “TCRN07, Day 2: A Forest, Bulgaria – Dupnitsa, Bulgaria”

TCRNO7 – Transcontinental Race 2019 1.Prologue- My road to Burgas

TCRNO7 – Transcontinental Race 2019 1.Prologue- My road to Burgas The Transcontinental Race. The big one in my eyes. The Transcontinental was the race that caught my attention around 5 years ago while running out of things to search for online at a job that saw me staring out of the window for most ofContinueContinue reading “TCRNO7 – Transcontinental Race 2019 1.Prologue- My road to Burgas”