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Definitely don't feel guilty, i should of looked into these earlier. Anything in the Pyrenees would be amazing. I'll sign up to the Transiberica Transpyrenees as it's in June and hopefully the weather will be good.

Yeah it is a bit as the timings were good but oh well.

I was quite keen on the Three Peaks but that has sold out, there's the Transpyrenees (transiberica) and the Trans Pyrenees Race which both have entries available. I'm more keen on the TPR as it starts and ends in the same place, I have to enter this by the 31st so I can work out the logistics this weekend. I'm set on racing abroad now, the one downside of GBduro is that I did lejog last summer so I wasn't bothered at all about that achievement

It is a bit gutting because i wanted a long event but I would of had to sort out a lot to be able to race e.g bike with 40mm clearance. It also fell on my GFs birthday so she'll be happy

There's definitely more opportunities in the summer though, I'll just have to look at Franks list again and see what's feasible. Maybe a road one..

I'm thinking about trying wahoo systm but it doesn't work on Apple TV which is how i run zwift atm

@OldSlowJoe thank you

I've structured this week as my "off-season" physically i feel strange but I'm enjoying the reflection period and working out what damage has been done to my body.

I'm jumping at all opportunities at the moment, there's some exciting things happening. But unfortunately i didn't get a place at GBduro... Maybe next year I'll have to cycle more to qualify for it

Hitting 10k today was absolutely amazing, i can't quite believe it as i set out only to raise 2.5k but changed it the summer to 5k. Big thanks to all of you lot who have donated.

My original rest plan is scrapped and I'm just relaxing without any pressure to ride. I need to take the pressure off myself as I've been under so much over the last year. I'll commute again tomorrow, as i want to ride but I'm not feeling zwift as I'm pretty bored of that now.

@skinny and @frank9755 thanks for the great advice. I've spent a decent amount of time doing mobility tonight and I did a ride but it wasn't anything mental in terms of time. I'm going to prioritise strengthening my knees over the next few weeks and develop a strength/mobility routine as i let this slip over the year. I've got a massage booked in for a treat too. I'm trying to keep the calories up while I taper the volume. I'm interested to see how much food I need now as I will still eat more than the average person as I'll be exercising a lot but I shouldn't need to have 4/5000 calories a day.

@Squaredisk I'm planning a decent on/off road route around east anglia so this should keep me entertained when i have spare time (not a race or a named thing but a big day for training). Also in March i should be moving house which is exciting.

@hippy I'm going to do a 20min test or ramp test next week...

I was a bit lost yesterday without cycling after work, it was my first actual rest day for such a long time. I managed to catch up with friends in NZ which i have struggled to do over the year which was lovely.

From having such a strong routine with this challenge to not really having one is tough. I haven't really got any plans this week for my riding, just that i want to do some (maybe 300km). I'm going to get a training plan, originally i would of written it myself but I want some accountability in order to keep myself motivated.

I've set up a bit of a wall of used parts in my garage, i haven't worked out how i can store the bottom brackets though.

I have done both, cleaned mine and my GFs bike. I've also ridden a little bit sorry. All of this was part of some filming which will hopefully come out in the next few weeks

Yesterday was such a blur. I've only just been able to sit down to take in what happened and go through all of the messages. It's crazy to think that I completed this challenge that i set myself. I want to thank you all for your support on the forum, it was also a pleasure to meet @alex_s and @jdp yesterday.

It's hard to put into words how i feel about finishing, it was such a big life commitment and it changed my whole routine for a year.

This challenge though wasn't about the cycling, my biggest achievement was opening up about my own mental health. I'm still struggling with this but I'm trying my best. What motivated me throughout was that I was raising money for CALM and awareness for men's mental health with suicide prevention. I feel that cycling this amount represented the daily struggle that i was going through when i was at my worst: the daily pain, exhaustion, not seeing friends/family enough and the difficulty to start each day. I'm proud to have finished this and that I've managed to raise so much money for charity.

I'm incredibly pleased to have documented this challenge through the forum and I'd love to join a ride in London at some point in the near future.

Finished woww

Thanks everyone, I can't wait to finish tomorrow morning. It's crazy to think this is now ending but I've enjoyed this week a huge amount. I would be lying if I said I've enjoyed the whole challenge as there's been some very hard times where I've just had to keep pedaling.

My phone has been mental today with support from everywhere. I'll hopefully get a chance to catch up with all the messages tonight

I will be there for a few hours so probably until 3

My knees wouldn't take a fixie now, they need some rest as I've been in pain for a couple of weeks

I'm rolling into a brewery where a lot of friends and family will be. I can't wait for the celebration.

I've got 135km left now, I'll do 85km tomorrow and then finish on Saturday doing a nice easy ride. It's hard to not complete it tomorrow too be honest, i could even go out now.... But it will be great to roll in to the finish with others.

We also don't have winter like others so ice is more sporadic. I was talking to someone who rides alot in Oslo, he has 140 studs in his 30mm tyres for winter but when it's very bad he rides 38mm tyres with 240 studs

This created a funny conversation at work about how people actual corner on their bike. We then saw someone steer around a corner on a motorbike, it didn't look right

Thanks I'm now at 235km to go!!!! I'm loving this.

Also i got my wheels back from the LBS, guess how many bearings were seized?

Yes so close now, I'm bricking it about commuting in the cold now as I don't want to risk falling. My skin is still healing from the ice last week...

I've got 338km left now so it's so close, my plan is to do more like 50/60km in total on Saturday so I'm going to try and stay 50km ahead.

I've had that photo saved on my phone for 6 months now and look at it when I'm imaging the r3 :) it's a lovely bike. I've been thinking about getting a similar rim, the 55mm deep Falcon Pro or very different but the Hunt Aerodynamicist 54mm

I should of chased that, dont worry though as they haven't started building my frame yet

I've got a r3 (race ready road) on order which will have a chromovelato paint job, thru axles and a t47 bb. So there's something exciting incoming, I just need to procure a groupset. I've gone for mechanical as it's what I've already got and I do keep teasing with running campagnolo 12 speed.

I'll probably send them an email, as they've been solid. It makes me want to get a set of their carbon wheels for my new Race ready road (r³).

That's interesting to know as i would of thought the more expensive hubs would of lasted longer

It's Day 359 and I'm at 35,940km so it's going pretty well to finish on Saturday. I'm really enjoying these final days, the weather has been kind too. The bearings in my hunt wheels have decided to go so I've swapped to the 650b wheels that i own. At this point in time it just makes me smile about the wear of components, i definitely rate the hunt hubs (bitex?) as they have lasted a long time with little service.

Haha thankfully not. I just saw this and it looks dodgy AF