Off to Denver

Have had a busy two weeks since Tour Divide. Returned to my old school in North Wales, UK (St David's College, Llandudno) to present the prizes to the leavers and talk about my Guinness world record - many thanks to everyone for making me feel so welcome - I had a great day and managed to meet up with a few friends while there! Not sure about inspiring others but certainly managed to motivate myself into further preparations and planning for my ultimate adventure - to pedal round the world - more on that later!!

After that returned to Roswell to organise my collection of bikes and parts (sorry about the mess mum!) - and how to get them to Colorado. All ready now - my flight to Denver leaves in a couple of hours - my new home for a while!! Plenty of races to keep me occupied. First one - the Breckenridge 100 - is next Saturday! Am not feeling 100% fit still so not expecting a great result - but intend to finish!! Sounds a great race - this incredible course climbs 13,719 feet over its 100 miles and features a sprawling course nestled between 3 ski resorts. It crosses the Continental Divide three times and climbs 12,000 foot passes over a snow field, ending back in Breckenridge!!

Breckenridge 100

Looking forward to my TdA reunion with Scott - thanks to him and Tori for offering to let me crash at theirs for a while.