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I got my first bike, a Maroon Raleigh Lenton Sports when I passed my 11+ in1955 and I’ve been hooked ever since. I joined a club soon after and rode regularly until I married when it took second place to family life although I continued to follow cycling, especially the Tour. By 1984 I was 14st and terribly unfit so quit smoking, cut back on the vino made a “comeback” joining Reading CC. This lasted until 1992 when I was knocked off by a car during a 12hr and broke a leg and collarbone. A further period off the bike followed to be replaced by playing sax in a Jazz Band until 2005 when once again being overweight and unfit I decided a “second coming” was in order. I progressed steadily but slowly until I signed up with John at the beginning of 2010 and was shown the error of my ways ! With Johns guidance my times in 2010 have been as follows:- 10m – 22:51, 25m - 1:01:36, 50m - 2:05:57, 100m - 5:04:10, 12hr - 217.5 That 10m time is only 5s off my PB and the 50m time is a new PB. I am looking forward to improving these times and maybe even adding some new PB’s during 2011 and beyond.
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