Two New Members

Today we are privileged to welcome two new team members - both international Gambian athletes.
Lamin Sanneh is a long distance runner who has won not only local marathons but has set a national record for the half marathon while running in the UK this year.
Musa Fatty has has represented The Gambia in the ECOWAS (West African Alliance of Countries) tour, cycling through Benin, Togo, Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
More details on our Team page. It's lucky it's not a race...

Lamin Sanneh

Musa Fatty

And a Bit Further...

Slightly ahead of schedule. We rode for 7 hours 52 min and covered 191 km versus the target of 7.5 hours and 175 km.

• Ride 19: Riders: Peter and Nana
• Ride 20: Riders: Suzanne, David, Peter and Nana
• Ride 21: Riders: Peter, Anna, David and Nana
• Ride 22: Riders: Anna, Suzanne, David, Terry and Nana

Things improved a lot at the end of Sunday's ride with a splendid breakfast at David's apartment overlooking the ocean and (for some) a splash in the pool once the pancakes and maple syrup had settled a bit.

A quick refuelling stop near Sanyang heading back on Sunday's ride.

Still Going Well...

Still slightly ahead of schedule. We rode for 6 hours 52 min and covered 168 km.

• Ride 16: Riders: Anna, Suzanne, David and Nana
• Ride 17: Riders: David, Peter Dukes and Nana (Terry and Anna did a 60 km ride) 
• Ride 18: Riders: Anna, Suzanne, David, Terry and Nana

Real progress!

Fantastic! Actually ahead of schedule. We rode for 6 hours 20 mins and covered 155 km.

• Ride 13: Riders: Anna, Suzanne, David and Nana.
• Ride 14: Riders: Anna, Suzanne, David, Terry and Nana (GPS did not work – oops!). 
• Ride 15: Riders: David, Peter Dukes and Nana (Anna and Don did the same route). 

Onwards and upwards

(Actually, there's not much in the way of upwards or downwards in The Gambia. However...) This week we rode for 4 hours 49 min and covered 121 km by the end of the weekend.

• Ride 10: Riders: Anna and Suzanne (nice one ladies!).  
• Ride 11: Riders: Nana and David. (the GPS worked this time but the heart rate monitor was playing up).
• Ride 12: Riders: Nana, David, Peter and Anna (Suzanne and Terry Rode 45 km later.)

Settling Down

Now we're making better progress against our plan. This week we added a couple of riders to the group and rode for over 5 hours 30 min and covered 134 km.

• Ride 7: Riders: Nana, Anna and Suzanne. 
• Ride 8: Riders: Nana and David. (GPS did not work – Sorry David!)
• Ride 9: Riders: Nana, David, Suzanne and Peter Dukes (Peter on a mountain bike).

Two weeks gone...

We're catching up! Rode for 4 hours 30 mins and covered 100 km.

• Ride 4: Riders: Nana and Anna.
• Ride 5: Riders: Nana, Anna and Suzanne.
• Ride 6: Riders: Nana and Anna.