David Coats Blog

Six months ago, on a cold February morning, Alex Asigno came to me and asked if I would be interested in taking part in one of the most gruelling challenges possible – the South Downs way Randonnee. The Randonnee was a 100 mile off-road bike ride to be completed in one day which covered 10,000 […]

Thursday 5th April - the big day. I awoke, lazily, at 8am, an hour later than I had intended. I slowly showered, dressed and dragged Gemma, as she will here on be known, out of the front door, into the dazzling morning sunlight. Gemma and I stopped first for refreshments and breakfast at Tesco […]

It’s been a while since I last posted - apologies - I simply haven’t been arsed - especially now we have light in the evenings!
So much has happened  since my last post; loads of training for the Randonnee, a trip to St Mary’s to watch The Saints lose, Sean and I having a quality weekend […]

Yesterday, Alex, Jim, Dana and I attempted our second Eastbourne to Brighton bike ride via 40 miles of the South Downs Way. This time, we woke to a clear blue sky, warm sun and refreshing breeze - perfect cycling conditions - especially when compared to the driving wind, rain and hail of two weeks previous. […]

This morning Alex and I started early morning 6am Randonnee training. The plan was to start on Tuesday morning, however the wind and rain was so terrible we went back to sleep! In fact - Alex got up at 12 midnight to start his training, had breakfast and got changed before I informed him he […]