Winter SUCKS!!!

I hate winter, it's cold, it's dark, I feel miserable!! I just want to sleep, not train!! I want to eat all the carbs i'm supposed to when i'm training but sit on my sofa and grow fatter instead!

I got on my bike once over the bank holiday weekend because of the snow! And even that was inside on the rollers!! I got off after just under 20 minutes, and Grant said, Ok you can stop now but you're only letting yourself down!! Needless to say I got back on and did another 5 minutes!!

Roll on Saturday night and the clocks going forward! I am out on my bike on Saturday and Sunday and then I am bringing my dreaded mountain bike back to Daventry! Mum feels lonely when she goes out training on her own so I am going to go out with her in the week.
Grant said I can't bring the Bianchi back to Daventry because i'd spend half the time waiting for Mum to catch up with me (the bianchi is so much faster than an MTB). So until she gets her road bike I have to train with her on the mountain bike.
So the plan is on Wednesday, for me to cycle from Daventry to Badby and meet Mum and then have a bit of a training session and then i'll cycle back! Or Mum can come to Daventry and we can train there!

So on Wednesday if you see any cyclists please be kind and not gits - like the 2 guys I saw in a white van recently. They were on the opposite side of the road to me and they beeped their horn and stuck their fingers up! To them i say **** *** *** *******!!!Add your own expletives!!

Oh and I want to say thanks to Mello Office Supplies who have sponsored me!! I will be wearing a Mello t shirt for at least part of my trip!!

Thanks for reading!!

Em
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Keeping you up to date - Training on the rollers

Hi All,

Well this is my first blog - I figured I would write one to keep everyone posted on how things are progressing! For those of you that don't know, It is 24 weeks until I begin my trip from London to Paris - 300 miles in 4 days in aid of Breast Cancer Care.

So far I have raised £595 (www.justgiving.com/emilyeldershawlondon2paris) and am up to 19 miles at a time when I go out on my bike.

It was far too cold, wet and windy to go out on my bike this weekend so Grant has taught me to ride the rollers!! To any non cyclists, the rollers are a contraption that you balance your bike on top of so that you can ride your bike without actually moving anywhere. If the weather is crappy it means you can ride your bike in the house with the stereo on - seems like a much better option right?! WRONG! its bleeding hard work, you have to concentrate so hard on keeping the bike balanced because if you don't you come off - there is only one way that I would know this!! Thankfully Grant was helping me to keep my bike balanced so instead of landing on the floor I just fell against him! After 15 minutes I had had enough and wanted to get off, however with Grant holding my bike up and not letting me get off it I had to carry on!! I must say I prefer him as a boyfriend than as a coach (even though he does know what he is talking about and I would have quit if he hadn't been around!!)

So thats where I am with my training! Not going out tonight but if I get back from Peterborough on time tomorrow I might try Spinning!!

Fundraising wise - I am getting there slowly - still plenty more people to ask! I am doing 3 'bag pack' days in the local Marks and Spencer to collect peoples change when they get to the till and my boss has also said my 3 days salary while I am cycling can be donated to the cause!!

So thats your first update - roll on the clocks going forward in two weeks so that I can go out during the lighter evenings!!

I'll keep you posted.

Love
Egg