Well Its Here !!

So its 48 hours until me and my intrepid friend Johnny set out on our 17 day adventure across the UK. You know 18 months ago I sat in my room mid winter, feeling pretty crappy, wondering what i needed to snap out of the rut i was in. The idea for the cycle was born out of several things, a want to raise money for a very worth cause was a big part, but the biggest was to set myself a personal challenge that would require more than just a slight effort on my part, well i hate running so marathons are out, i like swimming but the channel isn't my thing, so LEJOG was the logical choice. Originally i wanted to walk their over a period of 3 months, taking in the country in my own time, unfortunately that would in reality cost several thousand pounds and has been put on the back burner.

It has all seemed very distant the thought of the cycle, every time i would come home from work aching from a days labour i would think that how i would be putting myself through weeks of this day after day, but it was always far away, it was never more than a flicker of a thought. I would say in the past month however the realism sets in, the white lies that you told yourself about huge practice rides and getting in shape suddenly sounded hollow and the flickering thoughts began to glow hot. I can honestly say that the past month i have done nothing but think and worry about the attempt. I would wake and think of how i would have to put the tent away now after stove cooking my own breakfast, i would then go to bed thinking how it would be pitch black with a sweaty chap next to me.

The past week has been a countdown by the hour, i have sat and thought how in 123 hours i will be somewhere on the A30 trying to dodge lorry's. I days would pass and i would think 86 hours until i am gasping for breath while perspiring profusely.

But now as it comes to so short a time it is only worry that im thinking about. I have been told many a time that " you will be fine" "after a few days it will be OK" but its very easy to say that. I know deep down that if i can make it out of Devon i will begin to enjoy it, and undoubtedly it will be an amazing adventure. The next time i write this will be the write up of the way it went, so it will either be a "well we tried" blog or a "by god we made it" i do hope its the latter.

I will see you on the other side x