Intro

Itchy feet. That's how it started. A feeling that it was about time that I got out and did something a bit more fulfilling and demanding than the odd game of 5-a-side. Something that I could look back on with a sense of achievement when I'm old and grey....

A few months later, and having ruled out everything from marathon running (too much like hard work) to climbing Everest (too expensive.... and too much like hard work) I decided that I wanted to complete "LEJOG" or Land's End to John O'Groats on a bicycle.


This would need planning, lots of training and at least one willing sucker volunteer to come along for the ride. Malc was the obvious candidate. Not only have I known him for years, but we misspent most of our teenage years chucking our mountain bikes off anything and everything we could find, so I knew he would bring the required enthusiasm and dedication. When I pitched the idea to him earlier this year he considered it for all of a millisecond before emphatically declaring himself 'in'.


So that's how this whole thing got started. Having come across various Lejog/Jogle blogs and found them helpful and insightful training/motivational aides, I thought I'd start my own. It's now late September, and myself and Malc have both started training on newly purchased steeds (more kit info to follow at a later date). The plan is to update this periodically and share my experiences as I go along.


Cheers for now!