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PASMOnline ProActive Study Management As General Manager of Clinical Trials Research, Peter had responsibility for offices in the non-Americas regions.

Peter Motteram works as a consultant on projects including process and GCP auditing, CRO acquisition, business development and general management. He has over 20 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical and contract research industries, and is also Chair of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals UK Chapter. Peter originally trained in biochemistry at the Universities of Birmingham and L

ondon, and after working in a London teaching hospital, he started his pharmaceutical work at Sterling Research Group as GCP Quality Assurance auditor. He moved to Quintiles, first founding their Quality Assurance department and then leading and developing their Business Development group outside US. He moved into his current role in 1998, providing expertise and experience in his consultancy work, and lecturing for ACRP.

Project end2end CompleteYesterday (Monday) we arrived at John O'Groats at 2:30pm. We did a mere 52 miles, but with over...
20/06/2017

Project end2end Complete

Yesterday (Monday) we arrived at John O'Groats at 2:30pm. We did a mere 52 miles, but with over 4,000 feet of climbing, to complete our journey. The main story is finishing on time, the sub-text is 973 miles (plus a bit to get to Land's End and get away from John O'Groats) with 51,536 feet of climbing. The journey was more tail wind than headwind and more dry than wet. But we did hit a few fierce head winds and got quite wet a few times. We travelling some beautifully scenic road and some near unridable paths.

But we finished on time. We expended a bit of extra effort and spent a bit more on hotel switches along the way to keep on track; but that would be nothing compared with the cost of not finishing on time. The train tickets home one day later would have been far more than any other single cost. In my experience, investing in your project to keep it moving is always cheaper than trying to constrain the budget and let timelines slip. Not that anyone does that intentionally, but it is often a retrospective conclusion.

Thank you for following us along the way, and for the emails of support I have received.

Past Half WayWednesday we made up on our shortfall in a single day and then Thursday we slipped back, stopping in Carlis...
16/06/2017

Past Half Way

Wednesday we made up on our shortfall in a single day and then Thursday we slipped back, stopping in Carlisle, rather than Lockerbie as shown on the map. This morning we got up early to make up the time and crossed in to Scotland. When you are on a long project, it is important that the project manager keeps the whole team motivated, celebrating the successes even when other areas of the project might be behind. No one wants to be part of a team that concentrates on its negatives.

The Lune Aqueduct just outside Lancaster carries the Lancaster Canal over the River Lune (you can se both in the photo). It was completed in 1797 at a total cost of £48,320 18s 10d. I'm sure they had their setbacks, but. I one thinks about that now.

Miles so far = 592 (in 6 days)
Feet climbed = 30,043 (I.e cumulative total of all hills)

Unlocking the routeOur main plan is of course Land's End to John O'Groats, but now we have started, we realise there are...
14/06/2017

Unlocking the route

Our main plan is of course Land's End to John O'Groats, but now we have started, we realise there are other things we would have liked. The route is on minor roads, which means we are bye-passing all the towns.

So, we went through Cornwall without having a pasty, Devon without a cream tea, we stopped in Cheddar for lunch but cheese was not on the menu, cycled through Worcester (one of few towns) but did not buy any Worcestershire sauce and stopped at a Banks's pub that did not serve mild (anyone not from the Midlands in U.K. will probably need to google that one).

How many times have you started a project and then put lots of extra requirements on your CRO soon after you started?

Meanwhile, some of the toe paths were poor and our average speed dropped. We rested Tuesday night 18 miles short of our planned stop, but Thursday is planned to be 75 so we should make that up in one day.

Tuesday night: 395 miles, 20,555 feet climbed.

Start of LEJOG (Land's End to John O'Groats)Pictured is the start of LEJOG (Land's End to John O'Groats). It says start ...
12/06/2017

Start of LEJOG (Land's End to John O'Groats)

Pictured is the start of LEJOG (Land's End to John O'Groats). It says start on the other side when you are facing north, but sometimes just getting to the start of a project is a challenge. Waiting at the station for my riding partner Ola, I was a bit unsettled to receive a text "punctured, walking". I was carrying the repair kit for both of us and what could go wrong in the first 2 miles? We made our connection at London Paddington with 6 minutes to load the bikes and board. If you have a critical deadline you can't miss, where is the slack in your project plan to raise your probability of success?

Thereafter, rain all day Saturday to Bodmin and a very long day of Sunday to Taunton.
The stats:
Miles so far: 187 miles
Climbed: 14,029 feet.

Message to the non-cyclist, that's a lot!
Message to the cyclist, only one very steep climb and no long climbs, just unrelenting up and down. Sometimes the project data need to be interpreted.

For information on how to better manage your clinical trials project, so you too can have time to do those things you would like, visit http://www.pasmonline.com or write to me at [email protected](please don’t reply to this).

We are on the train to the startIs there something you have meaning to do, but never seem to be able to make time? For t...
09/06/2017

We are on the train to the start

Is there something you have meaning to do, but never seem to be able to make time? For the British cyclist (and for many visitors), the End to End is a challenge we dream of taking on. “End to End” because it is the longest journey you can do across the UK, from Land’s End in Cornwall, England to John O’Groats in Caithness, Scotland.

Today, my friend Ola and I are on the train to Penzance and will start our trip together tomorrow morning. After 10 days of cycling, we hope to reach John O’Groats mid-day on Monday 19JUN. That will be a journey of approximately 980 miles, including a few extra miles at each end to railway stations. If we get lost, it could be over a thousand miles. We are carrying everything we need; and when you think about the miles and the hills you realise you don’t need that much. The picture shows my bike loaded on last weekend’s training ride.

It's not a sponsored ride: it is something I want to do. But if you want to encourage me along the way, please visit www.africanchildtrust.org.uk (A.C.T).

For information on how to better manage your clinical trials project, so you too can have time to do those things you would like, visit http://www.pasmonline.com or write to me at [email protected] (please don’t reply to this).

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