The Fred Whitton Challenge is billed as a 112 mile sportive ride for charity around the English Lake District, taking in six of the major passes en route… starts and finishes at Coniston, and includes the climbs of Kirkstone Pass, Honister Pass, Newlands Pass, Whinlatter … Read More →
Category Archives: Sport
The advantages of spectating
I had a cracking day out on Saturday with Elvis. Katie dropped us off at Ribblehead to watch the Three Peaks race which I wasn’t competing in again this year, and the build-up to the leaders of the 740 racers coming through led to an … Read More →
Kinder Downfall fell race 2008
My first fell race for ages today was a load of fun in many ways, but also a bit of a release. I haven’t had any competitive outings in any form for three months almost to the day, so whilst I had a lot of … Read More →
World Track Cycling Championships 2008 – a Wheelbase night out
The good people at Wheelbase treated all the staff and team to an evening at Manchester Velodrome to watch a session of the World Track Cycling Championships on Friday. In itself, it would have been a great night out and something different to do. As … Read More →
Seven Days On – not addiction, but obsession.
Inspired by out-of-season, what-the-heckery, I decided to keep on runnin’ for a week and ditch the rest days. Steve did the same thing a while ago and it got me thinking about whether I’m a bit too precious with rest days. A much improved toe … Read More →
National Trophy Cyclo-Cross Round 5, Derby
Got a bit of a kicking today in the final round of the national trophy. I don’t mind saying that I’ve struggled to train properly since the new year, and I’ve been hanging on a bit to fitness rather than pushing myself. It showed today … Read More →
British Cyclocross Championships 2008
An enjoyable and ultimately satisfying day… could’ve done better, have done much worse! I finished 30th in the British Cyclocross Championships today at Sutton Park near Birmingham, and with it helped Team Wheelbase / Gore Bike Wear to their first ever team championship win. It … Read More →
Cyclocross National Trophy Round 4, Peel Park, Bradford
A great feeling to have a race live up to everything I anticipated it to be – my favourite course of the National Trophy series at Peel Park in Bradford. The autumn rain’s always going to have made this one muddy – but the course … Read More →
North of England Cyclocross Championships
More mud, mud, glorious mud this weekend, when I finished a fairly pleasing 6th in the North of England cyclocross championships. A slightly uninspiring course but over conditions that suited me, to be honest… Images here Full results here
Rossendale Triathlon – my day off.
With the new addition to family Haygarth being such a big thing in the June calendar (or the May one, as things turned out), I decided to give the local Rossendale Triathlon a miss this year. Instead, I continued and indeed developed my 2008 habit … Read More →