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2022-07-25 13:50:28 - Flatout in the Fens was one of my first long distance sportives back in 2013 when it was organised by Kilo 2 Go. I feel sure that the event was about eighty miles,...
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2022-07-05 17:26:46 - David Lean's 1962 cinematic masterpiece, Lawrence of Arabia, brought international film stardom to Peter O'Toole. Even I'm too young to have seen it when it was...
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2022-06-16 14:01:28 - The Rapha Pennine Rally returns for a second edition next week, which reminds me that I hadn't yet posted a report on last year's inaugural event. A lengthy write-up...
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2022-05-20 13:04:58 - My secret weapon in preparing for my first sportive of 2022 was to do what the pros do - early season training in Spain. Six days in warmer climates a week before Beyond...
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2021-11-16 11:27:57 - Rouleur, the creators of every cyclist's favourite jazz-mag, certainly know how to put on a show. Running from November 3rd-5th, Rouleur Live promised to bring their...
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2021-11-02 11:17:13 - Eccentric customs abound on these islands. Whether it's cheese rolling in the Cotswolds or Dorking's annual wife-carrying race, we all have our local quirks and have...
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2021-10-19 13:23:08 - Billed as "Ireland's premier gravel cycling challenge", the Lakelander Gravel Grinder pits riders against a gruelling 100km or 50km course set in the lakelands of...
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2021-10-15 11:17:53 - Taking place on 10 October, the Cambridgeshire Rumble is somewhat out of place this year. It is normally organised as a season starter to get the legs spinning after...
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2021-10-06 10:21:02 - In part one of his report on the first King's Cup Gravel Festival, a hard, dry, flat course through the Kings Forest in Suffolk saw elite athletes Alistair Brownlee and...
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2021-09-28 12:55:05 - The Kings Cup Gravel Festival, originally scheduled for last autumn, finally took place on the weekend of the 18th-19th September 2021. The event promised an unusual...
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2021-08-16 14:04:16 - It was great to see another sportive in our area, and with the dark clouds of the Covid period beginning to clear my cycling buddy, Paul, and I signed up for the...
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2021-08-11 14:48:13 - You wait 18 months for a sportive, and then three turn up at once... It was revealed at the briefing for the Mendips Classic sportive that there were two other similar...
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2021-07-26 10:58:01 - I've flown in an aeroplane. I've used a plane when hanging a door. I've eaten plain crisps and (unbelievably, you'd imagine) like a plain salad. I've done things that...
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2021-07-22 12:38:07 - I have to admit I had never heard of Sportive HQ until I saw a piece in Sportive.com that stated they'd been voted the best sportive organisers. Whilst I'm no expert on...
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2021-07-14 14:11:39 - The past weekend saw the first edition of Glorious Gravel Salisbury Plains sportive. I headed along at the last minute - together with Andy - to try out the course in a...
