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THE MOUNTAIN MUTTON
I’d wake up thinking about it. I’d be thinking about it when I’d be trying to work. I’d be thinking about it when I tried to sleep at night and as soon as I woke up. No, not sex, and no, not my bike. What was bothering me was the now-intrinsically linked pair of the …
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Haute Route have now revealed the parcours for the Pyrenees and the Alps events in 2017, and the details of the Dolomites are due to be unleashed shortly. As I'm riding Alps and Dolomites next year, I thought I'd do a little piece about what i think of these routes. I would have done the …
Following my review of the excellent Max’s Protein Bars (here), it’s time for my second go at doing two of my favourite things: Eating stuff and pretending to know what I’m talking about. Artemis Energy Bars Having recently moved to the Henley on Thames, I was coming across the name of Team Artemis, four young …
As the winter sinks its icy teeth into the bones, it’s inevitable to think forward to the next year and the buzz of a new season and new challenges. Of course, I’ll be going back for more mountains, breaking my Dolomites virginity (mostly an excuse for me to go and eat loads of pizza and …
You may have seen from my previous post that I'm contributing to the new cycling website called cyclingtorque.com. I gone dun another piece for them, and i've dumped it into the post below. Check out the link at the bottom of the page to see it in the flesh and to peruse the whole site! …
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The second edition of the Rouleur Classic is on the horizon, and is being hosted in Holborn (Central London), on 3rd – 5th Nov. Having had an awesome time at the inaugural event last year, I thought I’d tell you just why you should be getting yourself a ticket. The three day event describes itself …
Mojo {Eng, noun, singular}: Intangible object, sensation and emotion referred to by endurance athletes, to describe their form, lustre and love for the sport. A mental phenomena directly correlated to physical performance and ability. A feeling of strength, speed and effortlessness. Directly proportional to improving fitness and desire to train. i.e.: ‘I’ve lost my mojo’; ‘I’ve got …
I'm not just a cyclist and wordsmith; I'm also a bit of a cook. In the first of many blogs for http://www.cyclingtorque.com, I wrote about how to make one of my favourite ride foods: Peanut butter, oat and banana bars. So i thought i'd show you how it looks here. I've preserved the formatting etc of …
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Introduction. I rode an Haute Route and a half in 2016; the full Pyrenees race, and a 'bespoke' Alps Compact comprising the first three stages of the race. This was kindly put together by Haute Route and Sports Tours International for me as there was no official Alps Compact available. I'm just going to …
About ‘Haute Route on the Horizon’ I’ve written up more fully here what all this is about, but essentially I’m trying to provide a little insght into how you can best prepare yourself for an Haute Route based purely on my experience of riding HR Alps 2015, from general riding and training, and from recycling …
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