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Odd Down Winter Series: Week 2
Well it wasn’t heroic or anything, and I still got lapped. But hey, it’s a point: the first I’ve scored as a third cat, and in a 2/3 race to boot. The moral of Saturday’s tale: If you want points then...
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Odd Down Winter Series: week 3
A fun Christmas of eating mince pies and drinking port and not doing much* training and then back to the circuit hoping it's been the same for everyone. At least it's 3/4s and not 2/3s, so maybe it...
View ArticleThis time I made a spreadsheet
So last year I tried a 600km for the first time, and I think it's fair to say I made a horlicks of it. But you learn your lessons and you move on. This time I'm no fitter or better prepared, really....
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Two days of DIY
Well, we did it then. With a whole hour to spare. It was not without incident, but thankfully the hedges of Somerset, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire,...
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Odd Down Masters: round 1
Continuing my theme of only doing events that last less than an hour or more than a day, last night was the first summer race at Odd Down circuit in Bath for me. It was a masters race, so a mix of...
View ArticleRed Bull Timelaps... solo?
Ah, hubris. My old friend.I've entered Red Bull Timelaps. I'm doing it solo. Here's me and Liam talking about the probable outcome of that...Anyway, my plan was to roll round and just try and keep...
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That time I did Red Bull Timelaps solo
There was that time I did Red Bull Timelaps solo. Let me tell you about that.Do you know Red Bull Timelaps? It’s a 25-hour 24-hour race. It’s on the weekend the clocks go back so you have to do that...
View ArticleWhat's on your indoor training playlist?
Mine's all drum and bass. It started when I was looking for stuff to get me through intervals, and that had a BPM that would match my cadence. stuff in the 85-95BPM range is often a bit chilled or...
View ArticleCummings and goings
I've seen plenty of folks doing long and hard things on Zwift over the past dozen weeks. 24-hour challenges, and everesting, and double everesting, and all sorts. I'm not a complete stranger to long...
View ArticleSo I rode 500km on Zwift
So I had a great idea to ride 500km on Zwift, the equivalent of London to Barnard Castle (via Middlesbrough). Dave and Dan's Cummings and Goings, it was called, this virtual event. We raised some money...
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