Training Log Archive: Ollie

Cycle from London (Hackney) to Cuckfield (near Haywards Heath) with Anna. Followed the London-Brighton route from Clapham to Turner's Hill, deviating to go through Tooting Common and Outwood. Six hills, the one at the very end was the most painful! I did struggle a little bit on my mountain bike. Time includes stops, and a 25 minute break at the half-way point. Moving time was 3h 37.

Cuckfield to Haywards Heath. Downhill the entire way - lovely.

From East Croydon to Gipsy Hill - via Crystal Palace - a real killer climb! Time includes various pauses for breath.

Gipsy Hill to Hackney, via Dulwich, Denmark Hill, Elephant & Castle and London Bridge. Mainly following the well-waymarked London Cycle Route 23, as far as Elephant & Castle.

On a steel bike with two working gears! From Lasswade, up the steep hill to Bonnyrigg, then along the Penicuik to Dalkeith cycle path, as far as Penicuik, then back along to Roslin Glen, where I turned off and into the glen, walked the bike up to the castle, and then cycled across the Bilston Glen Viaduct and back to Lasswade. Numerous short stops to write down various notes for OSM mapping, moving time was nearly an hour less.

Relay Race - ran 3rd in the 4-leg Men's Premier, for the SLOW Piccadilly team.