Training blog begins

Ok, so not only is this my first L'Etape du Tour, but it's also my first blog.
I've been inspired to start it by my friend (and fellow L'Etape entrant) Gizzajob. We will be travelling and rooming together in the Pyrenees at the beginning of July, though I'm fairly confident he will be finishing well ahead of me at the event! Gizzajob's training blog is here.

I'm currently entered for 3 UK sportives: Lakeland loop on April 15, Etape du Dales on May 18, and the White Rose Classic on June 8, though I may have to pull out of the Etape du Dales due to a social event the night before.

The training started in earnest late last year, but recently things have conspired against me and I have lapsed slightly. So far things have been pretty much adhoc. Rides are usually early morning 6:30am during the week and 7am at weekends. I would like to think that I do a minimum of 3 a week including a longer weekend ride, but the reality is that they are thinner on the ground than that. Hopefully now we are starting to come out of the worst of winter, there won't be many more missed due to icy roads/freezing fog/gale force winds...