On the 22nd May, I headed to Harrogate for the Struggle Yorkshire Dales sportive. I was using this as a long ride as part of my training for Challenge Roth in early July. This was my first 100 miler of the year having done 5 in 2021 by this stage. The Struggle was on the same day as the Velo 29 Tour of The Peaks … Continue reading STRUGGLE DALES SPORTIVE 2022 RECAP
Having taken part in four VELO29 Sportives in April & May as part of my training for IRONMAN UK 2021, it felt like a no brainer to sign up for some more in September as I gear up for the Ironman World Championship. That race ended up being cancelled but I still rolled out for the 102 mile long route on the VELO29 Selby Three … Continue reading VELO29 SELBY THREE SWANS SPORTIVE 2021 RECAP
Over the past 6 weeks, I have used four Velo29 sportives as part of my bike training for Ironman UK 2021. The Velo29 Tour of the Peak sportive was the fourth and biggest of these, coming in at 116 miles and 14,160ft of climbing. I began with the Manchester-Sheffield sportive 6 weeks ago, this was 102 miles with 12,100ft of climbing. That was the highest … Continue reading VELO29 TOUR OF THE PEAK SPORTIVE 2021 RECAP
The Daffodils sportive was the third of four Velo29 sportives I signed up for this April and May, to use as part of my bike training for the upcoming Cholmondeley Castle Triathlon in June and more so for Ironman UK in July. In April I completed the 102 mile Manchester-Sheffield-Manchester sportive and 104 mile Tour of Lancashire sportive. I signed up for the long route … Continue reading VELO29 DAFFODILS SPORTIVE 2021 RECAP
This was my second sportive this year after doing the Velo29 Manchester-Sheffield-Manchester sportive 2 weeks ago. Like the Manchester-Sheffield sportive, Velo29 were again offering a short route (41 miles), a medium route (70 miles) and a long route (103 miles) for the Tour of Lancashire. This sportive was the second of four that I am using as part of my Ironman UK bike training. I … Continue reading VELO29 TOUR OF LANCASHIRE SPORTIVE 2021 RECAP
This was the first UK cycle sportive to roll out in 2021 following the relaxation of the COVID restrictions and my first cycle sportive since Ride London-Surrey 100 in August 2019. Velo29 were offering three distances for this event. A short route at 37 miles, a medium route at 79 miles and a long route at 101 miles. All three routes start and finish in … Continue reading VELO29 MANCHESTER-SHEFFIELD-MANCHESTER SPORTIVE 2021 RECAP
A few words recapping on my Ride London 100 experience. I went in aiming for a sub 5:30 100 miler having missed out by 21 minutes two weeks ago. Could I bounce back and improve by over 21 minutes?? Continue reading RIDE LONDON:SURREY 100 2019 RECAP
A brief recap on my ride around Cheshire in the Evans Cycles Cheshire 100 Sportive. I went for the long route which is 100 miles and set out to attempt to ride 100 miles under 5hrs 30mins for the first time. This is the 2nd of 3 100+ mile sportives in a six week period. Continue reading CHESHIRE 100 2019 SPORTIVE RECAP
In two weeks time, I will be riding in the GFNY World Championship New York Gran Fondo. This is a 100-mile bike race with over 8,500ft of climbing. It starts at the George Washington Bridge in New York, the route goes upstate to Bear Mountain and back again to finish in Fort Lee New Jersey. This race falls 8 days after Ironman 70.3 Mallorca and … Continue reading GFNY NEW YORK 2019 HOPES & DREAMS
Yep I did it, I got into the Ride 100 through the ballot. Read on for my thoughts on the upcoming sportive and my very early goals for the day. Continue reading I GOT INTO THE RIDE LONDON-SURREY 100!
The Cheshire Runner. 