Race Report – Swashbuckler Middle 2011

Race Report – Swashbuckler Middle 2011

My approach to this race wasn’t a classic, well maybe a Rosey classic but I wouldn’t recommend the buildup. The last month saw a great volume of training, with Fudge Packer camp well and truely over and the following week a natural down week I decided on...
Fudge Packer Camp – Day 4

Fudge Packer Camp – Day 4

The last day has arrived, well it did on Monday gone, day 4 of a great weekend. After the Etape ride of 110 miles we were feeling very good, superb weather and a great scenic ride meant that we really wanted to finish off the weekend well but by staying in the Lakes...
Fudge Packer Camp – Day 3

Fudge Packer Camp – Day 3

2 days down, Fegan was without a bike and was heading home, not happy, him OR us, he had pulled his weight for the previous 2 days, when his bike was working ! Dan was heading back, another great person to have around, 2 days of hard riding had paid a heavy price,...
Fudge Packer Camp – Day 2

Fudge Packer Camp – Day 2

Day 2 was hopefully going to be more about the riding as we knew the route (sort of) and less about the first day incidents. Fegans bike was fixed this morning, new chain and rear derailler fitted, Gordon fitted a 12-27 cassette to improve on the spinning options from...
Fudge Packer Camp – Day 1

Fudge Packer Camp – Day 1

First day of what is going to be a training camp with some great mates and a few new faces started yesterday. History The camp started a few years ago with myself, Gary (Fegan), Adam(Crab) and Chris (Meenan), a mix of pirate triathletes who decided on some...