750 miles from Glencoe to Boscombe

750 MILES FROM GLENCOE TO BOSCOMBE

At the age of 50 our dad was diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy, an incurable degenerative heart disease that can affect people of all ages and one that took the lives of his brothers at the ages of 29 and 34. Sadly, it also claimed the life of our dad in December last year at the age of 64.

The condition can be managed in various ways to improve quality of life for sufferers - the CMA (www.cardiomyopathy.org) is a small charity that receives no government funding but works hard with its limited resources to provide support and information for sufferers and their families.

My brother and I are undertaking a 750-mile cycle ride in memory of our dad and to raise funds for the CMA by way of thanks for the support they provided for him after his diagnosis. We also plan to take Dad's beloved 1956 split screen Morris Minor along as official support vehicle, and we plan to scatter some of his ashes in each of his favourite haunts along the way.

To make a donation go to our fundraising page.

We also have a facebook page where we'll be posting throughout the course of the event, so help us spread the word and get 'liking' us.

Monday, 18 June 2012

tights with science!

While doing a bit of shopping for some cycle gear recently i had a browse on the 'skins' website as my wife had bought some skins leggings for running in and thinks they're brilliant, so in the hunt for a pair of leggings myself for the colder days i'd take a look and see if skins did a cycle range of clothing, they did!

For those not familiar with skins or compression tights (I wasn't either until very recently) they are supposedly stitched in a way that increases blood flow, getting more oxygen to the muscles which helps performance and improves recovery.

Now i'm a little bit of a sceptic but love science so after diving into the many reviews across the net and seeing people like tri-athletes, runners and cyclists swear by them I couldn't help but try some (fortunately it was my birthday very soon after this discovery and my wife duly obliged), so i'm now the proud owner of both a pair of compression leggings for wearing during cycling and also some dedicated recovery tights for wearing during sleeping after exercise.

While i haven't yet tried the cycling tights i have on numerous occasions used the recovery versions and they DO WORK! The morning after a spinning class i'd normally be aching considerably but after wearing the tights, the aching is reduced to almost nothing, no idea how these work despite the science bit on the website but I'm glad I have them and they'll be the first thing to go into my bag in a few weeks.

A200 compression tights
RY 400 recovery tights


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