Hello again
Just a bit of old news.
Last month I managed to get promoted at work. It's better money and a much more challenging role with in the company. I'm no longer a fat bastard bus driver, now I'm a fat controller instead. It's more money, and once again I have a challenge at work. Let's be honest, after the first few weeks there's nothing really challenging about bus driving. It's probably the easiest money in the world.
After the last few weeks of training I can now see why it's been refered to as the most stressful job in the company.
The quiet times are practicaly dead, while the busy times are absolutely manic. And trust me when the shit hits the fan it seems utter chaos. But I'm firmly in the belief that there's no point in worrying or getting stressed about things that are out of your control. At present I'm trying to live my life by a quote from Jose Mourinho.
"I do not feel stress. If you have stress in your life, you are doing something wrong. So change it."
The best thing about the new position is that it should mean that my hours are mors flexible as the control team are usually more willing to swap work days and shifts.
Catch you later Bill and Ted.
Thursday, 15 March 2007
15-03-07
Hi all,
I've just signed up to the 2007 Megavanche in Alpe D'Huez this July. It's basically a massive downhill mountain bike race in the Alps. 1400 competitors in a mass start at the top of one of the longest black runs in Europe.
Dirt Magazine said it's one of the hardest races in Europe, so obviously after a few beers it seemed like a great idea to enter.
This will be my first bike race since I was 10 where I raced my Raliegh Boxer around a flat grass track at our village fete(I came about 5th out of 15).
Lets be honest, I'm in this for the experience, not to win it. Last year the winning time was just under an hour, I'm hoping to complete it by the end of the day.
At hte moment work commitments have kept me from training daily, but I'm trying to ride or run most days. Ewart and I have found ourselves a 20km bike loop on Dartmoor which is mostly fast gnarly downhill, but with enough uphill to make pretty hard going. We're hoping to be able to complete this loop twice in a reasonable time before we depart.
Other people joining me are Ewart, Danny, my baby bro Phil and the legendary Tommy Klamper.
Hopefully I'll get fitter and lose some weight in the process.
ciao
Hi all,
I've just signed up to the 2007 Megavanche in Alpe D'Huez this July. It's basically a massive downhill mountain bike race in the Alps. 1400 competitors in a mass start at the top of one of the longest black runs in Europe.
Dirt Magazine said it's one of the hardest races in Europe, so obviously after a few beers it seemed like a great idea to enter.
This will be my first bike race since I was 10 where I raced my Raliegh Boxer around a flat grass track at our village fete(I came about 5th out of 15).
Lets be honest, I'm in this for the experience, not to win it. Last year the winning time was just under an hour, I'm hoping to complete it by the end of the day.
At hte moment work commitments have kept me from training daily, but I'm trying to ride or run most days. Ewart and I have found ourselves a 20km bike loop on Dartmoor which is mostly fast gnarly downhill, but with enough uphill to make pretty hard going. We're hoping to be able to complete this loop twice in a reasonable time before we depart.
Other people joining me are Ewart, Danny, my baby bro Phil and the legendary Tommy Klamper.
Hopefully I'll get fitter and lose some weight in the process.
ciao
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