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Friday, 22 July 2016
My Training ride for ridelondon 100 and nicky campbell

Tuesday, 14 June 2016
My jersey has arrived for London ride 100
Friday, 10 June 2016
my 40 mile bike ride on the worst day of my life!

Anyway i get to the homeward stretch and look up and the clouds looks like they are about to rain down on me realizing I've been out for nearly three hours i decide to round up my ride to the 40 mil mark and call it a day so i start to do a round trip near home as i do the heavens open and it buckets down being only 1.2 miles short of my distance i say sod it i'm going to finish what i started and so battle through it and get the 40 mile mark and turn into home.
I get home run the bath and chill why i i'm waiting for the bath to gill up mum comes in from walking the dogs and just after 3pm we get a call to come to the hospital and bring everyone my heart sinks i jump out of my cycling gear and am ready to go in 3 minutes to get to the hospital mum and i are in the car after she has made the calls to get hold of our family we make it to the hospital and my heart sinks i cant express what this man has meant to me and how i feel now i'm trying to battle my emotions as i'm scared of what i will say and how i'm feeling i know i need to get away after all the formal bits and i'm staying strong for my mum but i'm hurting i'm hurting really bad i thought last year when my marriage collapsed that was it that was the end as my children mean the world and i didn't see a way forward now i feel even deeper i'm battling and i will stay strong but slipping into depression before was difficult to get out of but i managed it without the help of the mental health team who did nothing for me.
I will get through this now its just so hard and i'm hurting so so so much i don't know what else to do but i know granddad is looking down on me and he was a fighter and always taught me to push myself and to keep fighting and i will but granddad its hard now i feel my strength has gone but i will get through this and i will succeed its strange as most people need people around at this time but me i'm different i just want to be left alone to work out everything to come to terms with what has happened and what i will do now.
I have to reevaluate my life and what i want out of life and do what i want to do.
Wednesday, 8 June 2016
Time to get out of the office for a bike ride on my lunch break
The end of the greenway to stratford
Some new apartments with a funky design
Thursday, 2 June 2016
Having a down day
So today i woke up and decided to drive into work as i was running late and after doing a 12 hour shift yesterday felt knackered my mood today isnt great think i need to get out in the bike tomorrow doesnt help ive slipped back into unhealthy eating but im sure ill get back on track tomorrow just some rest after work tonight and to relax as in struggling to concentrate at work.
Anyway thats my thoughts on today for me sorry its not cycling related.
Jamie JCB
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
New Road shoes
So i ordered some road shoes and pedals for my bike and I have to say it was hard getting used to them but a week in and im starting to see how much easy and better they are
Sunday, 8 May 2016
Checking out the cs3 and getting lost :o
So i went for a bike rise today didnt really feel like it when i woke up but then i remembered why im doing it and having the news my friens nicky was induced into a coma last week because her lungs disnt want to work for her and then she gets told this week she has pneumonia i figures she has to battle this and im moaning because i have broncitus i realised i had to get out on my bike i starred with a plan to go to dartford through greenwich and canary wharf which soon changed when i was out ans decided to try out the new cs3 super highway.
My opinion of it is it isnt perfect but it is certainly better then what was previously their i felt alot more safer although you get to see loads of sights like big Ben London eye and at no point did I feel worried about cars although it was so hot today Check out my 25.9 mi Ride on Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/569398344