CitroJim's AX, C3 Picasso, Cycling and Running Tales

[Rp0thejester]

I know you're super fit but I think you need to realise your age (no offense intended). I could NEVER do what you do, but I feel I would recover a lot sooner from an illness than you. Give your body a chance to recover from an illness and then get back into it, don't rush it, it can have the opposite effect.

[MattBLancs]

Get well soon Jim, I think best you have a nice lie down!

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like this would be my preference!

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[CitroJim]

I know you're super fit but I think you need to realise your age (no offense intended). I could NEVER do what you do, but I feel I would recover a lot sooner from an illness than you. Give your body a chance to recover from an illness and then get back into it, don't rush it, it can have the opposite effect.

Good advice Ryan and one echoed by all of my friends. Yours is by no means a lone voice! Yes, I do forget my age at times And this week I am...

Get well soon Jim, I think best you have a nice lie down!

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like this would be my preference!

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Yep, that works for me Matt

Are you running for charity Jim?

No, purely for pleasure Ryan...

In September I'm doing a charity event, raising funds for our local hospice by riding 100 miles in their cycle sportive. Their sportive happens every year and I've now ridden many editions... In fact it was the very first sportive I ever rode so it occupies a special place in my cycling palmares

If you fancy donating, here's my fundraising page: https://donate.willen-hospice.org.uk/pf ... ment-b4d0f

Thanks all

[mickthemaverick]

In September I'm doing a charity event, raising funds for our local hospice by riding 100 miles in their cycle sportive. Their sportive happens every year and I've now ridden many editions... In fact it was the very first sportive I ever rode so it occupies a special place in my cycling palmares

If you fancy donating, here's my fundraising page: https://donate.willen-hospice.org.uk/pf ... ment-b4d0f

Thanks all

Jim, I am very happy to support your fundraising but I have an issue with the method that seems to have become the norm with sponsored events these days.
All the recent events I have been asked to 'sponsor' have actually simply been asking me to 'donate' to the fund because someone is going to do something. In that case there is no point in the participant actually completing the event as the money is already in the bag.

When I used to take part in sponsored events the method was to gain sponsors to pledge contributions based on the performance in the event. That method is much more beneficial as the charity gets the money proportionate to the performance, the performer has an extra motivation to do well in the event and the sponsor has the option to take a gamble on the performance, based on knowledge of the performer's abilities and state both a minimum and maximum contribution if they wish! Win, win, win!!

So given that you have said in previous posts that you were pleased with achieving 18mph average speed in one hilly coursed event, and that British Cycling state the average road cycling speed across the nation is 15.5mph, I promise to pay to the charity the sum of £0.50 per tenth of a mph above the baseline of 15mph that you achieve according to your Strava stats on the day with a minimum of £5.00 and a maximum of £25.00 in total!!

[CitroJim]

Jim, I am very happy to support your fundraising but I have an issue with the method that seems to have become the norm with sponsored events these days.
All the recent events I have been asked to 'sponsor' have actually simply been asking me to 'donate' to the fund because someone is going to do something. In that case there is no point in the participant actually completing the event as the money is already in the bag.

I agree Mick, these days you'll find social media full of such exactly as you describe. I'm no fan as so often the person asking for the donation is doing something you know they can do easily. I believe if you are going to ask for sponsorship/donations then you should be doing something beyond your usual and something that takes you out of your comfort zone...

Thus, I rarely get involved in such fundraisers but I make an exception for this particular one as it's a very local one and Willen Hospice is very deeply loved in Milton Keynes and do a tremendous job for those at end of life. Plus, I've been doing their sporting events for years and years to do my bit to help and have my own personal reasons to be very appreciative of what they do...

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So given that you have said in previous posts that you were pleased with achieving 18mph average speed in one hilly coursed event, and that British Cycling state the average road cycling speed across the nation is 15.5mph, I promise to pay to the charity the sum of £0.50 per tenth of a mph above the baseline of 15mph that you achieve according to your Strava stats on the day with a minimum of £5.00 and a maximum of £25.00 in total!!

I'm very happy to do that Riding 100 miles is well within my comfort zone but riding it as fast as I can over that distance will take me a way out of it. A challenge worthy of the cause I have ridden 100 miles fairly recently at 16mph average so...

I shall treat it as a 100 mile Time Trial

We are not told of the route until a week before the event but I expect it to be an 'interesting' one, knowing who's organising it!

Today is Global Running Day

I did my bit to celebrate it by running 9.5 miles this morning

I'd therefore challenge your assertion Ryan, that I don't recover very quickly given that on Monday I was still bedridden and barely able to walk!

[Rp0thejester]

Are you eating things that don't agree with you as a tactical weight loss regime to stay at running weight? If so you should write a diet book about it, everyone loves a diet book.

[MattBLancs]

Are you eating things that don't agree with you as a tactical weight loss regime to stay at running weight? If so you should write a diet book about it, everyone loves a diet book.

Castor Oil supposedly kept you regular, LHM similar I guess? You might be incorrectly assuming it's deliberately ingested!

[CitroJim]

Are you eating things that don't agree with you as a tactical weight loss regime to stay at running weight? If so you should write a diet book about it, everyone loves a diet book.

Castor Oil supposedly kept you regular, LHM similar I guess? You might be incorrectly assuming it's deliberately ingested!

I've tasted LHM once Matt.. Gosh, it's horrible As I've said in the past, a great hair conditioner but rubbish nutritionally!

Are you eating things that don't agree with you as a tactical weight loss regime to stay at running weight? If so you should write a diet book about it, everyone loves a diet book.

Not deliberately Ryan! I'm intolerant to lots of things food-wise, as you saw when we enjoyed a meal together, and those intolerances are not set in stone.. Every now and again I find something new I'm intolerant to I was previously OK with and then again things I was previously intolerant of I find I'm OK with again. Goal posts moving all over the place! Due to this bizarre behaviour I often gently experiment with sometimes good and other times, not so good consequences as so well demonstrated this past week and the one a couple of weeks back.

It's great fun and I'm reliably told it's just one manifestation of my ME. It never comes alone and brings all its mates with it to make life forever 'interesting'. I've lived with it for 12 years now and still it takes me by surprise every now and again. Just when you think you have it well and truly understood it goes and shows you haven't

My diet, as it is, works for me most of the time and fuels me well for my active lifestyle. Not sure about writing a book about it as it may not generally appeal. It's not particularly interesting. The vast majority of what I eat is cooked from scratch and is quite basic and simple... Whilst it's certainly healthy, it's not bland as I love flavour via chillies, garlic and a whole host of spices...

I do know what keeps my ME generally under control and that's a good diet, lots of running and cycling, being very socially gregarious and living life with as little stress as possible

[CitroJim]

So lovely today to get out on my bike and ride in just my skinsuit (and shoes, socks, helmet, sunnies and mitts of course!) in the warm and sunny weather

The church is Tyringham, from where, in September, we'll be riding the Tour De Tyringham Sportive. Our entry fees for this really special Sportive go toward the upkeep of what is my very favourite little church...

One great thing about the Sportive is all the home-made cake on offer. All baked by the friends of the church and they're all some great bakers

My back problems have been diagnosed... A trapped nerve. Given away by me having an oddly numb bum, groin and left upper leg!

Medical advice recommends to keep it all in motion and to remain as active as I am... So that means I'm OK to run a long way tomorrow

[Rp0thejester]

So does that mean you can run to mine and change the other spring for me whilst I'm at work and then run back again?

[CitroJim]

So does that mean you can run to mine and change the other spring for me whilst I'm at work and then run back again?

Now there's a plan for a new style of duathlon... Run - spring swap - run

That could have legs

I'm off to Coventry in a bit Looks like it's going to be a lovely day for a 6 hour run around the Coombe Abbey Country Park

[CitroJim]

A very good day today Feeling it a bit now so the full story will follow later

[CitroJim]

I only ran 20 miles in the end - a bit disappointing really but against that I gave a fried a lift to the event who only revealed on the way he was on a tight timescale and needed to be away early I lost at least 2 hours of running time as a result... I was on for running well past marathon distance

Coombe Abbey Park, near Coventry, is a lovely spot and the event was hugely enjoyed

It was very, very hot and we all reduced our pace to suit... It's not a good idea to push hard in the heat...

My back behaved itself well but by the end it was just starting grumble a little...

Absolutely fine this morning

[Skull]

Well Done Jim the full 6 hours would have got you to around 32/33 miles at that pace? I bet the woods were a fair bit cooler

[CitroJim]

Well Done Jim the full 6 hours would have got you to around 32/33 miles at that pace? I bet the woods were a fair bit cooler

They were a blessed relief once a lap and all that water made it feel cooler too! Yes, in the full six hours I'd have been well on for an ultra... I'd have sped up a bit too as one and three-quarter laps were at walking pace keeping friends company who had abandoned running in favour of walking due to heat...

Asics were there with their latest shoes to try. I took full advantage and ran two laps in their shoes A great way to test new and previously unknown running shoes...

I love the heat and today I enjoyed two runs, to parkrun and back, and a good bike ride


Just got Bluebell Ready for the Turvey House Car Show tomorrow... Shame they say it might rain.. Fingers crossed and all that