Folks,
Thank you for visiting the site where aim to provide regular updates of the challenge “Mouldy Goes to Seville”
In earlier sessions we explained how we would simulate the cycle, you can read about it here
Todays route
The route today took us from the port of Bilbao to Guenes
The direction of travel was running south from the Sea Port allowing for commencement of the climb up through the Cantabrian mountain range.
In some respects the route had some similarities to the climbing from Santander during the R2L in 2017, onto the Spanish plains
We enclose a screen shot/s from bkool application of planned routes/ sessions
Session 026 Route
Progress in this session
From Strava we enclose screen shots of what was achieved in this session
Today’s cycle
Coming out the port today we had constant climb for circa 3 miles
After some levelling off at the 6 mile marker, we had a continuous climb for the rest of the cycle which averaged around 3 % as we started the ascent of the Cantabrian mountain range
There were some tasty 6 and 8 percents as we climbed over each of the peaks today, which was not entirely welcomed by my quads !
We can expect significantly more climbing until we are up on the Spanish plains
This cycle is all about gradually building myself up, with a focus on sustainability where we hope to avoid any major injury relapse. You can read more about the why here.
Today’s kit
Focusing on comfort and the fact that I am a big frame, tight lycra is currently not my friend.
Therefore we decided to wear something more comfortable from the Celtic shirt collection and plan to do so for the foreseeable future
Keeping with gold / luminous theme, we had decided to wear the 2015-2016 bumble bee away shirt
I had chosen this today as it brought back some memories of Paolo Dicanio scoring his superb goal at Aberdeen 27 years ago today in a similar strip. You can watch it here:
The kit is pictured below with a pleasant backdrop of the “The Road to Lisbon” cycling shirt’s from from the 50th Anniversary Charity cycle in 2017
Kit = 2015-2016 – Celtic – “Bumble Bee” – Away strip – Short Sleeve
Progress to date = “Actual Mouldy Goes to Seville” – Following GPX route – Sessions
| Sessions | Miles cycled | Feet climbed | Minutes cycled |
| 026 | 356 | 17,989 | 1767 |
Progress – Rehabilitation work prior to the starting cycle (End of July to September 2023)
| Rehab Sessions | Rehab Miles Miles | Rehab Minutes |
| 034 | 318 | 1462 |
Sessions, Miles and Minutes relate to Rehabilitation work that we under went prior to commencing “Mouldy goes to Seville” cycle
Overall progress including Rehabilitation work:
Qty 060 Sessions
Qty 674 Miles
Qty 3229 Minutes
Milestones:
Today, We passed a milestone of having completed 34 % of the challenge
To celebrate this progress we include a video relating to when “The Road to Seville” Team had reached the same milestone here
Overall Milestones:
From being very nervous about doing 10/15 minute cycles at end of July 2023 as part of the rehabilitation work, we are delighted to have completed the Scottish and Irish legs, commencing the Spanish Sector of “Mouldy Goes To Seville Cycle”
Special thanks to our Physio Mr Brian Scott for helping with the rehabilitation and ongoing support.
Gallery
Charity project
As one of the the key objectives of the project is to help raise awareness and funds for “The Celtic FC Foundation“
We also take this opportunity to thank everyone out there for their continued encouragement and support.
Please support my cycle by donating at www.justgiving.com/page/mouldygoestoseville
