Big training kick off ride

We went off to the Peaks on Saturday for a kick off ride near Holymoorside. The ride was about 16 miles and even though there hadn't been any rain for a few days, the first half was pretty sticky in places.

There were plenty of hills without being silly and the wind added to the challenge. All in all it went well but we've realised that we have a long way to go before we can even think about attacking a 24 hour race. At the moment we'd be lucky to complete much more than a lap of the course each !

We have a weekend in Wales booked for early April. Until then we have about 5 weeks to work hard on building a good level of general fitness and endurance.

More pictures of the Holymoorside ride can be found here