Archive for the ‘Cycling’ Category
Questars Race 2 – 30 May 2009 – Brecon Beacons, South Wales
Race 2 was held in the Brecon Beacons at a slightly different location to the place last year. Last year I competed with Dave in the 5 hour version and Steve did it on his own (6 hour version). This time I teamed up with Steve and we did the Masters trio (6 hours, 3 [...]
Going Tubeless!
In my last Adventure Race, I got 2 punctures. The time it took me to fix them resulted in Steve and I ending up in 17th place when we should have been in around 8th place. I think the punctures were just a result of bad luck as I was using good wheels, tyres and [...]
Questars Race 1 – 28 March 2009 – New Forest, Hampshire
I entered Race 1 of the 2009 Questars Adventure Race with Steve. We entered the 6 hour Questars Trio format as mens pair team, so it was mountain biking, running and kayaking. The morning started off very cold. I looked around and I was the only person in shorts and t-shirt, so I nipped over [...]
I’ve got a new Mountain Bike!
When I was in South Africa I was working with Alex who turned out to be a bit of a mountain bike junkie. I made the mistake of saying that I had been doing quite a few Adventure Races over the past year and that I was thinking about getting a new mountain bike. He [...]
The Whole Christmas and New Year Thing…
I don’t like Christmas. First of all, I prefer to write ‘xmas’ because the word ‘Christmas’ is too long is too religious for my liking. I’m not a Scrooge by any means, but I don’t like the xmas period because: It’s a religious holiday and I’m an atheist. I haven’t met a single person who [...]
Cycle around Rutland Water with Steve
Yesterday Steve and I cycled around Rutland Water. it started off sunny (see photo), then 30 mins in it rained heavily for 30 mins (and we got soaked through!), then for the final hour it was sunny again, which dried us off! Then we found a pub on the way home and had a big [...]