by nickpannaman | May 29, 2017 | blog, Italy | Mountains to Venice
76 miles ridden – 4100 feet climbed Today was hot. According to my Garmin the highest temperature was 42C, I saw a town display showing 34C, either way it was hot. Our climbing was covered in 4 sections, 2 of which were after a delicious yet physically limited...
by nickpannaman | May 28, 2017 | blog, Italy | Mountains to Venice
62 miles cycled – 491m climbed The day turned out to be hotter and harder than expected. Essentially we cycled downhill dropping from about 5000 feet to about 2000 feet but still managed to climb around 1500 feet in the process. Interesting dynamic that! After...
by nickpannaman | May 22, 2017 | blog, Italy | Mountains to Venice
On Saturday morning we fly out to Munich to meet up with the other members of our Group. You can view a detailed summary of our trip via the link below. Italy Tour Summary May 2017 We have all the detailed daily sheets so now know that we will be cycling 725 miles. We...
by nickpannaman | May 17, 2017 | blog, default
Sue and I are at Club La Santa in Lanzarote for our annual exercise punishment and to do a bit of cycle training for our Italian trip. Some of you may remember from last year that we come here every May to punish ourselves – run, cycle, swim, Fitball class, core...
by nickpannaman | May 14, 2017 | blog, USA | Across North America
It is 275 days since I posted part 1 and at least once per day ever since I have spent time wondering exactly what to say. I lived a 25 year old dream. It was every euphoric and every dull moment crammed into an 8 week journey although as many of you will recall the...