Name: Kev
Age: 39
Weight:15stone 4 (2007 when this blog started) Now 13′ish

I was showing my children the website and they instantly accused me of not being 37 (the age on this page when I started writing) so I thought it was time to do an update.

I have now succesfully completed one Etape.  I use that term very loosely in that I mean I finished.  This was the goal I set out to do and feel very proud of having achieved it.  I have dramatically changed my body weight, I was 12 1/2 stone when I did the Etape though now have a bid of winter padding, I cycle regularly to keep fit and really enjoy it.

So why am i now doing it again?  Well I was in pieces at the end of the last one and I want to do it a bit better.  I don’t want to get a Gold standard finish I just want to feel I managed it comfortably.

I am hoping with a years experience I can improve my training and mentally this time I know what to expect.

The difference this year is Roy won’t be doing it with me so I’ve lost my training partner.  Roy is going to concentrate on doing a triathlon for the first time so it least I should be able to get some high intensity shorter rides in with him.