Phil Rides to Paris

16% – £230.00…

As of today I have a nice round amount of £1170.00 to still raise. Special people, check your email!

As of this weekend, training will be back underway. Gone is the ice and the pretty horrid conditions, replaced with positively warm temperatures of 2-3 degrees Splendid!

Today it clicked.

Both cycling shoes in toe clips first time without falling over. Get in! Coupled with the fact that I cycled 22 miles (in a gusty breeze I might add) in 1hr and 46 minutes and I am a happy man. A long way to go, but it is – most definitely – a start.

Well, what are the odds.

Today I expertly managed to complete 8 miles enduring two punctures. Thanks to a friendly cycling shop for bailing me out – suffice to say things can only get better…

Truth be told, I’m not exactly sure on where the grand idea of riding to Paris came from.

But I certainly know that once the seed was sown, there was only one cause that I wanted to raise money for… Diabetes UK. As a charity, they help to support millions of Diabetes sufferers throughout the UK.