Go Dad!!!! Good luck with the riding, I would join you, but you know what it's like... Stay safe and keep us updated on progress. Looking forward to seeing the photos!!
Gaz & Hels xx

Wayne-O in the press!

All the best Wayne-O, keep on pedalling we'll all be thinking of you.

Huw and E-J
xx

Here is a link form the local paper:

http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2300567.0.excopper_to_pedal_his_beat_across_the_states.php

Good Luck Wayne-O

Hi Dad, I know you've just set off and are sitting at the airport at the moment, so you will read this when you are in the USA. We are all really looking forward to reading about your adventure and will be thinking of you the whole time.

Can't wait for the first installment of Wayne-O on Tour!

Good Luck,

Neil and Anna

Training Update.

Following the large number of miles I managed in March, almost 700, I was hoping to keep that up in April, but a bad cold towards the end of the month curtailed my riding a bit and getting the paint off the outside of my house still needed to be done. Since the cold has now gone I have been getting in some good long rides. Over the first weekend in May I did two rides based around the Forest of Dean area, which is VERY hilly, and was pleased to find that two long hard rides back to back did not kill me off.
Since then I have ridden most days and 50 to 60 mile rides are frequent. I still have two weeks to go before I fly out and in that time I hope to continue doing long rides and will target one day when I do a 'century' ride, before tapering off a little before I go.

Pre-ride training

With Wayne-O already in tip-top physical shape plans are in place to capture the effort required to make it across the U.S of A. So, as chief photographer (and anything else that doesn't require physical effort), I'll be aiming to bring the big 'W' to life through images of training and some PR snaps of my Dad doing a great impression of Lance Armstrong! Once we've worked out 'how'. they'll be on the site.
Safe.

Physio Support

Recently been required to administer first class physio support to our supreme athlete of a dad. Ankle rehab is well underway and this is not expected to affect the ride across America.

Training Pre-America

Over the winter months of December, January and February I have aimed to do around 450 miles a month to maintain my fitness from last summer. There have been times when the weather has been poor, but generally I feel quite lucky that the winter has been reasonably dry and mild, so I have exceeded the targets I set. On the 23rd February I did an Audax that started and finished in Chepstow, included climbing The Gospel pass from Hay-on-Wye and was 100 miles long. This meant an 8h 55m day (including stops) and was a good early season test, also good endurance training.