Countdown to bike ride from Bluff to Cape Reinga

Training Hard

24 November 2008

BLUFF TO THE CAPE

Only a week to go now and my mate Andriy and I will be flying down to Invercargill to start our bike ride from Bluff to Cape Reinga (the length of the country). We are hoping to get to Auckland by Christmas and then Cape Reinga by New Years.

Track our progress and keep in contact on our website
http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/longwayup


Only one week to go! We're pretty excited, I think I'm more excited then Mark though, he's bit more worried then excited - i can tell because he actually started doing some training! I havent been stale either - my training has involved carbo-loadin with empty beer calories, its hard not too when one great event comes aftter the other - for example - who are the league World Champs? GO THE KIWIS!

So far our motto of "100% dedication, 0% preperation" is true to the word. I still havent picked my bike up, but i got Panniers - Mark got the bike but no Panniers. I guess in worst case scenario we gonna double up but NGW ofcourse!

To make matters worse, it has started raining, with "Gale-force winds" expected in the next couple of days, im hoping they're gonna be tail winds otherwise it'll be a loooong ride!

Thanks to all the family and friends who are pretty concerned about our little ride, obviously no faith in our riding and surviving skills at all :)