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Yesterday I attempted a challenge that I saw on The Biggest Loser a couple of weeks ago.

The Challenge was to cycle a Marathon, 26.2 Miles on a turbo trainer in the fastest time you could, the winner got $10k. Ok so I wasnt racing for $10k but I was racing to see how far I had come.

The fastest time set by the winner on the show was 1 Hr 17 Mins, with last place setting a time of 1 hr 41mins.

Now all of the contestants on the show apart from the last place person weigh LESS than I do. With that in mind anything under 1 Hr 40Mins would be respectable.

I set off pretty hard and was holding 26 Mph for the first 20 mins or so, but before too long I was slowing to 20/22Mph I was struggling to keep a high speed/cadence and keep my heart rate low enough that I would blow up.

but soon enough I had passed the finish line, I was unsure if I had beaten the 1 hr 40mins target I set myself, I was exhausted, it has been such a long time since I rode at such a high cadence/speed and it had really taken it out of me.

So the stats:

Distance:  26.64 mi

Ave Speed : 22.8 mph

Max Speed : 35.2 mph

Time: 01:10:06

So I have beaten the WINNERS time by a full 7 mins….Why then do I say its attempt 1 ?

The reason is that I actually rode 2 sections of 13.1 miles and 13.5 Miles , so I know I have it in me, now all I need to do in attempt number 2 is ride both sections at once, then I can see if I can keep the pace up non stop. Remeber all but 1 contestants in this biggest loser challenge weighs LESS than I do (10 weeks in), they all train for 8 hours per day !!!!!!

Next time is MY TIME.

An OLD Turbo Trainer Picture.

And in other news:

This weeks cycling stats in total:

Distance: 102.41 mi

Ave Speed: 14.3 mph

Max Speed: 35.2 mph

Ave Heart Rate: 141 bpm

Ave Distance/Day: 9.31 mi