What on Earth possesses someone to ride 600km? A question I asked a few years ago when I first looked at the Audax website in search of a new challenge having got all the way to 50 miles on a day out. At the end of my first 150km ride, back in 2005, I could […]
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Day and NIGHT ride a mere 400km
Poynton – Holyhead – Poynton It was a challenging experience. I had been looking forward to going the extra distance following a good 300 a few weeks back. I was feeling physically ok but it did come after 12 straight days of work – last weekend being full on at Coniston with 30+kids and reduced […]
“This is crap I’m going home….”
… one of my wife’s more prophetic quotes. To be honest I was surprised she had got this far, and this far was only 20 minutes from the start! My early morning attempts at bravado had fallen on very suspicious ears. ‘The weather looks fine, we can’t let Derek down, we won’t melt etc etc’ […]
London to Edinburgh and back – Audax mad
Read on to find out about Audax Derek’s adventures – an amazing feat by any standards – Rebecca Romero eat your heart out! There And Back To See How Far It Is Some thoughts on my ride from London to Edinburgh and back. Firstly the registration on Saturday was a little worrying at 3 hours- […]