Legs
usually riding on Zwift or up steep hills...
- Location
- Staffordshire
Has anyone seen CXRAndy anywhere? He hasn’t posted here in two months, hasn’t ridden Zwift for two months… I don’t follow him on Strava… anyone know if he’s all right?
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mjd1988
Guru
Good point, nothing on Strava I can see since 29th April, and no other information I'm afraid, hope all well
Brusgaard
Über Guru
- Location
- Skive, Denmark
Did react to some posts on May 5th.
Just checked his Strava, nothing since 23rd May … I’ll msg him and see if he’s ok 🤞
Didn't receive a response. I guess he may be travelling? Slightly worrying. Hope he's ok.
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Just to update everyone on here who doesn't follow me on Strava - I've had to abandon my LEJOG attempt due to poor health.
Made it through the first week relatively unscathed but then caught a cold which got worse with every subsequent day. By day 10, I'd gone from being comfortably in the middle of the group to bringing up the rear and when trying to hurry to catch up with someone on the Loch Lomond cycle path, I lost my back wheel on some mud and went down. Injuries were fairly minor but it knocked my confidence and some bad experiences on the A82 with traffic and wet road surfaces led to me taking the van for the last leg of that day and the first leg of the next.
Managed one and a half more days on the bike, but both mentally and physically I was drained and in quite a bit of pain (had coughed so much, my ribs were hurting) which was making me more miserable with every mile. Decided therefore that for my own wellbeing that I'd call it at Inverness.
Gutted, but at the same time quite proud I made it as far as this given the circumstances. At least I can say I did all of England (and bits of Wales) and can maybe come back and do Scotland separately on another attempt.
Made it through the first week relatively unscathed but then caught a cold which got worse with every subsequent day. By day 10, I'd gone from being comfortably in the middle of the group to bringing up the rear and when trying to hurry to catch up with someone on the Loch Lomond cycle path, I lost my back wheel on some mud and went down. Injuries were fairly minor but it knocked my confidence and some bad experiences on the A82 with traffic and wet road surfaces led to me taking the van for the last leg of that day and the first leg of the next.
Managed one and a half more days on the bike, but both mentally and physically I was drained and in quite a bit of pain (had coughed so much, my ribs were hurting) which was making me more miserable with every mile. Decided therefore that for my own wellbeing that I'd call it at Inverness.
Gutted, but at the same time quite proud I made it as far as this given the circumstances. At least I can say I did all of England (and bits of Wales) and can maybe come back and do Scotland separately on another attempt.
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Gutted for you Steve, but still an amazing achievement to be proud of. Well done for getting to Inverness. 10 solid days of riding is no easy feat!!
Gutted for you ,but you have to do what's best for your health still an epic achievement
alex_cycles
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
That sucks. But it sounds like the right decision. Wish you a speedy recovery. I bet you got a whole bunch of new tiles these last 2 weeks.
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Yeah, I'll admit that I'm totally gutted and so many of the other riders on the tour were trying to convince me with the "you've come so far, it's only two and a bit more days" pep talks, but in the back of my mind I had already known for a few days that I wasn't going to be well enough to finish, which is why I was only able to do partial days on 10, 11 and 12 and even those were incredibly taxing on the body. I basically hung on as long as I did only because I knew Erika would be in Inverness on the day we passed through anyway, so ending there made sense as it would give me a chance to recover for a few days with her before heading home.
With regards to VeIoViewer I now have a chain of 939 tiles stretching from Lands End to Loch Lomond (which does include 11 that I already had in Cornwall and 3 in Glasgow that were previously isolated activities) and another set of 276 from Glencoe to Inverness, although only 95 of those are new because of all the riding I had done previously around the Etape Loch Ness in 2021.
