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Long time away ...
Hi all
I haven't been on here for ages - I took a break from cycling last year after pulling up lame with a trapped sciatic nerve in the Chiltern 100. Glad to see you chaps managed a silver time though!
During my enforced absence I've been doing some swimming to keep fit and that has motivated me to sign up for my first ever triathlon this year. Hopefully the back and hip will stand up to the shorter bike ride and the run and swim are a new challenge for me. The main motivation though is to raise some money for the NSPCC.
It won't be any of this ironman stuff for me though - I'm doing a sprint tri in Stratford in the spring and then the big one - the Olympic distance London Triathlon in September.
I'm still not really fit enough to join you on the longer rides, and I certainly wouldn't manage LEJOG (though I'm very jealous of you all). Hope to see you out on the bike soon though, and I'm going to try to join in with chain gang and/or TTs later in the year.
I know that loads of people are doing good stuff for charity, so I really wouldn't want anyone to feel they needed to sponsor my triathlon efforts. But you are very welcome to visit my fundraising page http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ChrisBelcher or for those on twitter please follow my training progress at http://twitter.com/tri4nspcc
Happy New Year!
Chris
I haven't been on here for ages - I took a break from cycling last year after pulling up lame with a trapped sciatic nerve in the Chiltern 100. Glad to see you chaps managed a silver time though!
During my enforced absence I've been doing some swimming to keep fit and that has motivated me to sign up for my first ever triathlon this year. Hopefully the back and hip will stand up to the shorter bike ride and the run and swim are a new challenge for me. The main motivation though is to raise some money for the NSPCC.
It won't be any of this ironman stuff for me though - I'm doing a sprint tri in Stratford in the spring and then the big one - the Olympic distance London Triathlon in September.
I'm still not really fit enough to join you on the longer rides, and I certainly wouldn't manage LEJOG (though I'm very jealous of you all). Hope to see you out on the bike soon though, and I'm going to try to join in with chain gang and/or TTs later in the year.
I know that loads of people are doing good stuff for charity, so I really wouldn't want anyone to feel they needed to sponsor my triathlon efforts. But you are very welcome to visit my fundraising page http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ChrisBelcher or for those on twitter please follow my training progress at http://twitter.com/tri4nspcc
Happy New Year!
Chris
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