For those of you who have not got Facebook you can stil keep up to date with Wyatt’s blog here:-

http://www.heart.co.uk/colchester/shows/breakfast/wyatts-race-around-ireland-training-blog/

Below is just a small segment from his blog.

“Well I’m certainly off the turbo trainer for the time being. Judging by how cold it is I could well be back on it again soon!

This damn cough / cold is getting me down as I know it’s restricting my ability! I’ve had it since a few days before Christmas!!!!

Both new bikes are being put together so will have the quota of 3 up and running within a week.

So another Sunday and my second reliability ride of the year. 50 miles around the hills of West & North Yorkshire. Last week it was sunny but totally frozen and well below freezing.

This week is was miserable, cloudy with frozen fog thrown in for good measure!
The ride itself was a tough one. I was at the start early enough, but the main group decided to start ten minutes early!

Marvellous! So I couldn’t hang onto the main group and didn’t actually know where I was going which didn’t help! So plenty of time lost stopping to read a map!
Whilst I felt strong and pretty fit, doing 53 miles in 3 hours 27 mins is far from ideal!

I need to get faster! My endurance and mind set are pretty good, but need to get my average speed up.

I’m now starting to think about putting the team and equipment list together for September, and I have now finally got the charity page sorted out!

As previously mentioned I will be riding for Cancer Research UK, and if I can raise a few thousand for them between now and the autumn, then great.
Here is the link to the chairty page and there is a seperate section with access to the page on the main group page here -

http://www.justgiving.com/WyattWendels34

Here’s to some weekend riding in the cold and my next event on Feb 14th.
Stay warm……..
W