Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Yeah Brain but what would you do with a GPS tracked mobile phone a USB memory stick and a mountain bike?


Answer: Ride 10 miles to your old work place, drop off a memory stick and ride the long way home past some killer hills.





I took the opportunity today to test my endurance now that I've been cycling for a while and decided to set off from home after having only a bowl of cereal for breakfast. This might sound idiotic but I felt it necessary. It would allow me to gauge how my muscles have adapted to cycling and the distances. If I collapsed after 10 miles with muscle cramp, or my legs just couldn't work any more then I'd have to up the training; if I managed the 10 miles out without food or drink and just worked on the stored energy then the signs are good that I'm making progress.



Did I do it? hell yeah! 10 miles out to my old work to drop off a USB memory stick to someone that I borrowed it from ages ago and thats the first time I had any food fuel enter my system since breakfast this morning. On the way back though I had to use a lot more carbs to get me home. I decided though that now I could feel the muscles getting fatigued it was time to hit the killer hills and push them that bit harder - no pain, no gain after all!


On the way home I took a detour past Bellahouston park it has one of Glasgows tallest hills in the middle of it and would make perfect training for my legs and the unknown terrain of Scandinavia this year. Friends have been bugging me for a while to show them how steep the hill is (and I've added camera shots for you this time) but it doesn't quite get the sense of height or steepness when you are viewing a still image. Watch out for the live footage we will get soon!

How do we know its not all hot air? GPS Tracking

Obivously there is a concern that the 205 miles is too much and we wont be able to manage it. But we're In a foreign country with no "reliable" witnesses. So how do we prove we did the full distance and that we did it on bikes?


Simple, GPS Tracking. The company I work for has given us some GPS tracking devices which will be able to track and map our progress through the cycle over the 4 days.

This has a two-fold effect; it means you guys can tell exactly what we're doing; how fast we're going; what direction; and give a total distance. It also encourages us on our cycle, after all we know we cant slack off if a few hundred people are monitoring our progress daily.


Its all a bit technical - which I'd like to explain to you but I've long since given up on the technical explanation blog and decided to go with a more discursive one. If you want to know more ask http://www.irw.co.uk/ about Hawkeye and tracking a gps smart phone.


It's not about advertising but about ensuring that we remain motivated through possibly the best experience of our lives. There will be a lot of pain involved for the riders over the 4 days. I can just imagine though the feeling of elation and happiness as we arrive in oslo on day 4 and promptly collapse from fatigue. Yeah; we wont be able to sit for a week but it'll all be worth it.