46 Days to LEJOG

With just 46 days left to train, I mixed it up with three 30 mile rides, 2 spin classes and 2 days at the gym riding cycle and lifting since my last post. Spin class has to be the toughest work out of all, but gets the heart rate going and builds stamina. I took the bike into the Bike Rack yesterday to add a couple of gadgets. I also had them install a flag pole. It's a fiberglass pole that breaks down into three sticks. When put together it has a fluorescent flag that potrudes 10ft over the bike. In the UK there are several roads that have brick walls or hedges above car  height. The flag will make the bike more visible to cars on turns that will hopefully prevent me from being hit. I also added a Garmin GPS. It tracks lots of things like cadence, heart rate (if I'm wearing a strap around my chest), elevation, mileage, and calories burned among other things. Garmin can also be picked up by UK GPS tracking. We have been getting several bike groups from Vermont Bike Tours at the Inn and I do a briefing every Sunday evening about the history of the Inn and a little about Mississippi. The cyclists have been particularly interested about my upcoming ride as many of them have been cycling in Europe before. More soon...