Just About Six Weeks To Go

Dear Friends, On September 8, I will be setting out from Lands End, England, and with about 500 other cyclists, riding the length of Britain, to the most northerly point of Scotland, at John O'Groats: 960 miles in 9 days. It's called the "end to end" ride, and it is the iconic bike ride of Great Britain. As so many around me have suffered hearing about it, I have been training for this since last September . . . And I still have a ways to go. I am up to riding 5 hours at a time, which is great, but I am not very fast. In fact, I am slow. Riding over a 100 miles a day could take 6-7 hours in the saddle, and that doesn't figure in the hills. I read somewhere that the route has 20,000 meters of climbing. Should be interesting, and I am excited to be doing it. So, I hope you'll join me as I chronicle these next few weeks as I train and prepare for the ride, travel to England, and then actually cycle across Britain. I also hope that you will be moved by my venture to support Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tampa Bay, as I am dedicating this ride in support of that great charity. Thank you for your interest and hopefully your support of RMHC as well. Brian Albritton July 24, 2012