Tag Archives: north east

Dales Divide Race 2020

55 hours 15 minutes of the whatever the North could throw at me. The Dales Divide is a 600km mixed terrain route with 9000m of climbing. Having heard of the route last year and with it being not far from where I live, it had always been my plan to complete the route in someContinueContinue reading “Dales Divide Race 2020”

TCRNO7 – Transcontinental Race 2019 1.Prologue- My road to Burgas

TCRNO7 – Transcontinental Race 2019 1.Prologue- My road to Burgas The Transcontinental Race. The big one in my eyes. The Transcontinental was the race that caught my attention around 5 years ago while running out of things to search for online at a job that saw me staring out of the window for most ofContinueContinue reading “TCRNO7 – Transcontinental Race 2019 1.Prologue- My road to Burgas”

A Winter Ride

A planned Winter ride. Out, head to the wind. Back, wind sailing home. Coffee pushes for the first thirty minutes, forcing two unplanned stops. The gradient continues as the gust is unforgiving. Take the first turn for 20 miles, to the right, thundering down the potholed road, break from the wind at last. Over theContinueContinue reading “A Winter Ride”

First Time Audaxer, long time pedaler.

So after being hit by a car in May 2016, I have been on a love/hate recovery road back to riding most days, with the possibility of competing again in a fashion. Moving house recently, from having a 10 mile commute to work, into a 20 mile commute to work, so a 40 mile roundContinueContinue reading “First Time Audaxer, long time pedaler.”