10/08/19 52.41 Miles 5:02:40 hrs Moving Time 3,133 ft Gained 10.4 mph Average Speed My body was finished. My head was finished. Everything was finished. The only thing that wasn’t finished was the race. I woke just before 6am with the morning light, a pleasant change to the aggressive tones of my GPS alarm. AsContinueContinue reading “TCRN07 Day 15: Checking Out”
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TCRN07 Day 14: Trees near Tubilly – Carhaix-Plouger
09/08/19 194.2 Miles 15:25:53 hrs Moving Time 11,119 ft Gained 12.6 mph Average Speed Waking up to the sound of rain is nice, but to the feel of rain on your face, slightly worse. When I checked the forecast the previous night, the rain wasn’t supposed to start until 5am, however this was wrong. AsContinueContinue reading “TCRN07 Day 14: Trees near Tubilly – Carhaix-Plouger”
TCRN07 Day 13: Moulins – Trees near Tubilly
08/08/19 197.52 Miles 13:53:42 hrs Moving Time 5,026 ft Gained 14.2 mph Average Speed This morning was the first morning I knew I was going to make it to the finish. Barring any major disaster out of my control, this was the home straight, be it the 450 mile home straight. The finish line hadContinueContinue reading “TCRN07 Day 13: Moulins – Trees near Tubilly”
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”
Expect the unexpected
I’m back in the UK. On a park bench in Preston waiting for a train to the Lake District, where I plan to keep myself to myself for a couple of weeks. This is the last place I thought I’d be this time last week. How much things can change in a matter of days.ContinueContinue reading “Expect the unexpected”
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”
Jordan Matthews 