Sunday 2 August 2009

A busy day

Originally today I was going to be riding the pendle pedal, but after not hearing anything I decided not to chase it up as I really needed an easy week. There have been some hard miles recently! As it turns out I was asked to work so I was happy.

First things first though, it was the ironman uk in Bolton today so Ali and I left the house at just after 5am to ride over and watch the swimmers at Rivington. After watching the start from the far side of the reservoir we managed with a bit of off-roading (easier for me on a cross bike than Ali on her roadie!) to get to where they were climbing out of the water, before running up a hill to a muddy field! Lucky them!

At 8ish I had to head off, so saw a few people on the bikes and then it was off to Heaton Park, where I was working as a ride leader. My job was to accompany people to and from Manchester on a set route to join up with the skyride route. There were loads of people round and Albert Square was packed. It was a shame I couldn't get out to the velodrome where there was even more on. Everyone I spoke to had had a great time and it was fantastic to see so many people on bikes!

7 comments:

  1. Are you on TV trio (the news)?

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  2. I didn't notice anyone filming me so probably not!

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  3. Glad you enjoyed yourself anyway.

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  4. i don't understand your job!!

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  5. You mean what I was doing today?

    basically there was a big skyride in manchester, closed roads etc, people could ride in from various hubs outside the centre. I was there to lead people in who wanted that. meant I got to talk to loads of people about bikes and have a great day.

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  6. Thanks for getting out and supporting the race. I looked out for you, but I guess you were too busy doing that mad off road stuff ;-)

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  7. It was hard to spot anyone! Some people had numbers on their wetsuits but most had come off. I was on the exit ramp from the swim, but it depends what time you got out if I was there, I left about 7:45am to go to work.

    So impressed with everyone, just the swim looked hard!

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