It’s a Raining on us, hallelujah; it’s a Raining on us!!!!!!!Note to self: Stop entering Cycle races in the UK - It rains heaps there OK!!!
Just kidding, although it did rain pretty much non stop (or at least while we were on the bike) it was an amazing experience. We set off from Crystal Palace on Thursday morning - 24 Fitness First employees or suppliers en-route to Paris!! Nice. About 2 hours in and the rain came down, and it didn't stop till pretty much Friday night.. We cycled all the way down to Newhaven through Turners Hill, Ditchling and other English villages before boarding a ferry to Dieppe. Friday the rain was constant but thin... On we went for a smaller day heading to Gournay en Bray via Torcy le Petit, Mathonville and arrived after another 85km.... The last day was big one!! 120km to Paris.. Steve Kouma and myself had well and truly taken the leaders Yellow Jersey (not that it was a race, yeah right!!). We were cycling head onto a strong Southerly wind which pretty much stopped us if we stopped peddling!!! Good team work on the last day with most of the hard work from Steve - cheers buddy... So arrived in Paris at 16,00 on Saturday after cycling around 325km over 3 days and absolutly loved it!!!!
WE WERE CYCLING FOR - BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION and the Just Giving site for this event is:
We have so far raised around £30,000 so please help us raise the desired 35,000 - Thank you.
I want to say a special thanks to a fellow rider - Mr Rob Barker it was a pleasure to meet you and I have to say you have truly inspired me to do a Half Ironman next year.... For anybody interested I have decided to train for the Zurich Half Ironman next August... See you there!!
Charlie
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