Everesting – climbing a section of road or trail as many times as it takes to reach the altitude of Mount Everest – 8,848 meters, or 29,029 freedom feet. The folks at everesting.cc say “Everesting is the most difficult climbing challenge in the world” although I suspect people who have actually climbed Mount Everest would […]
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I had a choice yesterday – do two hours of over/unders on the turbo, or a group road with the VCGS lads. I’ve spent way too much time on the hamster wheel, so despite a somewhat dodgy forecast (“light rain, SE winds around 8 mph) I went for the real miles option. Biking to the […]
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TLdr: Never wanted to do the Puffer, signed up as a pair, partner bailed, started solo, didn’t MTFU enough, scratched after 6 laps, have to do it again next year. You may recall I never wanted to do the Puffer in the first place. I had signed up as a pair, then just a week […]
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A bit of history to this one – the Irvine Running Club, one of Scotland’s oldest running clubs, has historically been super competitive, fielding a number of elite level runners over the years. Every December since 1959 they’ve staged the “Harriers vs Cyclists” event in which runners race against cyclists on on a boggy (gotta […]
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The Singlespeed MTB champs. If you’ve been, you know what it’s about. If not – well, unlike most national championships (or worlds – there’s an SS MTB world champs too!) there are no qualifying races, and in fact most people at the event are definitely NOT racing, and are probably stoned, hung over, on their […]
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Real Ale Ride – sponsored by Bicycle Sport Shop (my first bike shop job, wrenching during high school summers) and the Real Ale brewery (home of Firemans #4 beer, a tribute to Firemans Texas Cruzers). I’ve been doing this fun ride (or a fondo as we apparently now call them) for the last three years, […]
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I competed in my third 24 Hours of Rocky Hills Ranch MTB race last weekend, in the solo 40+ bracket. Like it says on the tin, it’s a 24 hour race, and the ranch on which it takes place is rocky and hilly. Me and this race have history – I came in first in […]
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I had gone up to Fort Augustus sans famille, with the goal of doing some day loops on the MTB, and at least one epic overnight bikepacking trip. I had Ben Alder Bothy in mind, as it is somewhere I’ve always wanted to visit, and find out if the “haunted by ghosts” stories are true. […]
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