Nathan Evington

Nathan Evington
28/02/77 - 03/11/07

About Nathan


Nathan, was a big chap in more ways than one. He was always to be found at the centre of the action, telling it exactly as it was – loudly!

In fact, Nathan was in such a hurry to make his impact on the world, he arrived on a cold February morning 8 weeks early. He was so premature that he spent his first month in hospital, and at the time was one of the youngest babies in Hedon Road hospital to survive!

Cycling played a huge part in Nathan’s life. He loved the film American Flyers and watched it many times. In it, there is a scene where the main character does the "torture test" which involved running on a treadmill for as long as possible before ending the test by hitting the "chicken" switch. After Nathan’s diagnosis of cardiomyopathy in 2004, he was actually quite excited to discover that he would be required to do his own "torture test" and spent a good deal of time psyching himself up for a good performance. In fact, he was so determined that it was ultimately the doctor, his Mum and the technician who had to drag him off, as Nathan refused to give in himself.

Cycling also revealed Nathan’s talent for remembering facts and figures. He was our very own walking cycling encyclopaedia. He loved to test his friends and show off his knowledge, and he was always the person you would want on your pub quiz team.

Nathan was determined to live life to the full, and unbeknown to his Mum he began playing in a football team a few years ago. The cat was out of the bag when a new football trophy took pride of place on the mantelpiece one evening. Nathan was very proud of himself and his team-mates, although I am reliably informed that Nathan was valued more for his enthusiastic participation, rather than his football talents – which led to his shots on goal just missing the target – 100% of the time!

Nathan was the life and soul of any party and loved to dance. He would always take to the dance floor first, and was quite happy to dance alone. However, his infectious enthusiasm always encouraged others to join him.

Nathan was a kind man, and always generous to a fault – on the benefit of his Mum and brother. He had a very special sense of humour – one he shared with his brother – and left his mark on everyone he met.


Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Tour de 'Ull

Hey - said with a French accent, 'Ull sounds just like it sounds with a local accent. Clearly it's fate then that our illustrious Leader (aka Big Bruv) now sun's himself in Paris???

Having had the bonus of checking out the form this weekend, I would add this to Damian's commentary:

  • That I have now had a 4hr reccie of TG's slipstream - wind will not be a problem for me in France!
  • That when it comes to the "first 50 meters of the steepest climb of the day" competition - climbing form is nothing! Sprinting is all that counts. Nunburnholme proved it. I guess the next 28,950 meters is just a bit of a jolly with that success under your belt.
  • That cracking 2/3rds of the way up a hill, my speciality on Saturday, means thousands of meters of Alpine grovelling rather than hundreds! The tortoise did not beat the hare by accident!
  • That borrowed bikes have intolerably uncomfortable saddles - never trust the man in the bike shop when he tries to convince you otherwise!

I measured Saturday at 83.5miles, 17.7 mph and 4300' of climbing. A good start for the final run in... Looking forward to it now! My longest ride for a while.

Route profile below for info. The big lump in the middle is Birdsall Brow followed by the peaks of Nunburnholme and South Cave.


Cheers,

Col.
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3 comments:

Damian said...

illustrious leader, I like that :-)

You best hope Motorbike (his new name) doesn't read this. I know from the last 17 years, on and off, of riding with him that the best way to make him go faster is to sit behind him until you think he's tired and then go past him.... on a hill. Guarantees pain all round.
We should share the pace on the first 2 (Galibier and Croix Fer) and then if you still feel like it, have your fun on the Alpe. Carnage, can't wait for the video!

2 July 2008 at 19:05
Mrs T.G said...

Motorbike (?!) it's a nice sparkly red one after yesterdays sun!! please be nice to him, i won't be there to look after him at the end! Mrs S Ev is going to have two to care for!!
Keep up with the great training,
Love Mrs Ducati x

2 July 2008 at 21:02
Damian said...

I'm looking after him don't worry. Bringing my own motorbike too ;-)

2 July 2008 at 21:25

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