Folks,
Thank you for visiting the site where we 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 cycle route today was following the route through Cebreros in direction of El Tiemblo, passing the Embalse del charco de cura
The direction of travel was running south and west through the Iberian Peninsula, and within the Central Plateau
On this session we had climbed over 450 feet and remain at 2300 feet above sea level
The cycle continued through the autonomous region Community of Madrid back into region of Castilla y León
The route, including the climbing had some similarities of the route from Santander and the R2L in 2017, up onto the Spanish plains. (Lovely memories of the R2L Team and beautiful country of Spain)
We enclose a screen shot/s from bkool application of routes/ sessions
Session 080 Route
Progress in this session
From Strava we enclose screen shots of what was achieved in this session
Today’s cycle
Prior to the cycle today I had experienced some challenges in recent months.
With medical advise received, determined that that rest would be my best friend
During today we made an additional short cycle, whilst it was hot today managed to get through this
The landscape in this session initially related to a long descent, before we had a longish bump to climb as we approached El Tiemblo where gradients were up to 8.35 %
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 I decided to wear something more comfortable from the Celtic shirt collection and plan to do so for the foreseeable future
Keeping with the theme of goalkeeper shirt’s, I wore the Purple Goalkeeper shirt from Season 2016 / 2017 by New Balance
This shirt brings back special memories as it is one of the goalkeeper shirts which was worn during the Invincible treble winning 6 in a row season
The kit is pictured below with a pleasant back drop of the black and gold away shirt and a less than pleasant backdrop of the pink away shirt, both from the same season by New Balance
Kit = 2016 2017 – Celtic – Goalkeeper shirt – Purple
Progress to date = Mouldy Goes to Seville = Following actual GPX route – Sessions
| Sessions | Miles cycled | Feet climbed | Minutes cycled |
| 080 | 711 | 42,119 | 3581 |
The above sessions, miles, feet climbed and minutes relate to the “actual” progress being made by Mouldy as he goes to Seville, this is done by replicating and following the GPX route as taken by his friends when they Cycled to Seville in May 2023
Progress – Rehabilitation work prior to the starting cycle (End of July to September 2023)
| Rehab Sessions | Rehab Miles Miles | Rehab Minutes |
| 034 | 318 | 1462 |
The above sessions, miles and Minutes relate to rehabilitation work that we under went prior to commencing the main event, Mouldy goes to Seville cycle
Overall progress including Rehabilitation work:
Qty 114 Sessions
Qty 1029 Miles
Qty 5043 Minutes
Milestones:
Today, We passed a milestone of having completed 70 % of the challenge with over 700 miles cycled, over 42,000 feet climbed and over 3500 minutes of cycling.
Overall Milestones:
From being very nervous about doing 10 minute cycles at end of July 2023 as part of the rehabilitation work, we are delighted to have commenced making dents into 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
Previous blogs
Through the journey we had maintained a blog covering each session including, direction of travel, landscape, progress of the cycle, statistics, how I am feeling, what kit was worn.
To counteract the occasional boredom of cycling at home, we had some fun along the way capturing scenery of regions we pass through along with pictures of kit worn and where appropriate special memories related to these
You can find all previous blogs here