Monday 26 March 2012

Lisbon to Alicante

3rd - 13th April 2012
1000 miles with 70,000ft of ascent around the Algarve and through Andalusia in about 10 days.
Ultra light fast bike touring with just a bar bag.

Route (with a few options)


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Current Location (probably not very real time)



Boxed up ready to go

Sunday 7 November 2010

Lincolnshire Ridge

For some time this escarpment in Lincolnshire has fascinated me. In a
flat landscape, despite its diminutive proportions, this ridge has
huge topographic importance as it strides for 60 odd miles from our
Vale of Belvoir through Grantham, Lincoln and ending just short of the
Humber at Scunthorpe. I've put together this 155 mile route for a
ride sometime.


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Thursday 16 September 2010

Knee Diagnosis

Just back from MRI knee scan feedback appointment. There is no trace
of any injury to soft tissue of muscle/ligament across any section.
These structures have a 100% clean bill of health. There is an area
of doubt in the medial meniscus shown by the MRI scan. Neither
conclusively damaged nor healthy. A further physical exam seemed to
back up that the pain mistaken for tendonitis could well be referred
pain from the joint itself. However aggressive manipulation of the
knee joint elicited no pain whatsoever and side by side comparison
yielded no discernible difference. So good that it is not tendonitis,
since pain here is a major warning sign to ease up and hence severely
hampering training this year. However concerning that it is more
untreatable, unresponsive cartilage. I'm going to view the outcome
positively. I'm 41 and done a ton of climbing & running, if I've got a
minor joint issue that doesn't stop me being active then I've done
well. All good that my new love is low impact cycling. I'm pretty
sure that I did have tendonitis over the previous 18 months, but being
proactive in sorting that out, it has done and before the MRI. I will
try and run over the winter and see how it goes, any pain is unlikely
to mean further joint damage, so it will just serve as self limiting
when running volume is too great. I've the option to revisit this
with a knee surgeon at a later date after feedback from recommencing
running. However, knee surgery is a very unlikely option due to the
high probability of making it worse. So bring on 2011.

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Sunday 5 September 2010

Electrolyte

To make the (nearly) perfect electrolyte just buy sea salt and low sodium salt from supermarket and mix together.
The 4 essential elements lost in sweat are lost in a certain ratio, the ideal electrolyte replaces these elements in this ratio.
By combining sea salt and low sodium salt in the ratio 100:20 a close approximation can be made. A lifetimes electrolyte for about £1-50 !!
The image shows all the data and assumes low sodium salt to be 66% potassium chloride 33% sodium chloride, which it always seems to be.
One problem that should be considered is the separation of the salts due to granule size. 
One easy solution is to dissolve the right amount of each and and use for example a dropper bottle.


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