Checking up on my buddies! I’ve grown quite attached to these pixels. 🥱😴 🤞🚴💨 Tick tock. Tick tock. Ride safe folks.
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Jeezo, I go out for a few hours and come back to a heap of work to do. After my work work. We’ve had an influx of riders reaching CP1 with plenty of time to spare before tomorrow morning cut off. Our fancy, snappily titled ‘Race Trace Analyis’ graph gives as a good indication who are at risk of missing the cut off. The ellipse of doom highlight those on a shoogly peg. They can of course still ride on just that they will not be awarded a GC time on the finishers list. We have also seen another few riders scratch today. Word came through that they were dropping like flies. Liam Yates had an argument with a dog of a decent yesterday and has finally succumbed to his skint knee. Looked like a proper booboo. Both Charlie Holden & Ben Rickaby have decided to call it a day also, as they are enjoying our blog too much and don’t want to miss an episode! THE FALLEN The crew eventually turned up at CP1 today. After missing the riders arring at the pointy end of affairs they have over compensated by flooding me with photos. Cheers guys and gal! So in no particular order. Smelly people in varying degrees inbound! The tree of sweaty chamois. Philippa explaining to a dumbfounded Mark that there are lots of these events on the calendar and that they are completely self supported or self Sufficient in some cases. Mark plotting his next event already. A new world has opened up. Well…when you’ve already cycled round the world what else is there to do on a bike? Sharn Hooper being welcomed into CP1. She’s worn that smile since the start. It’s amazing how young Angus looks when he trims his beard and tramp haircut. Knocks years off him. Angus busted for scoffing all the grub. Leave no trace. Someone tell that to the locals. Just as a recap for the first handful of riders into the checkpoint. 4 of the fastest 7 riders were women by the way. Just saying. 1st - Angus Young - 35h 40m 2nd - Mark Beaumont - 44h 48m 3rd - Ollie Hayworth - 50h 07m 4th - Philippa Battye - 51h 05m 5th - Jaimi Wilson - 51h 23m 6th - Lee Craigie - 54h 28m 7th - Emily Harper - 54h 42m Tomorrow morning we’ll find out who all’s made the 8am cut off time. Nae luck if any riders appear in at 0759hrs as they’ll get punted straight back out the door into Stage 2. Sorry for the short report tonight folks. Life got in the way.
Speak the morn! Nite nite 😘 DP Better deal with house matters and catch up what happened since I last wrote. In the small hours of the morning we had our second rider reach checkpoint 1. Mark Beaumont arrived to the delight of Angus as he’s now got a buddy to speak to. For the statos amongst us, Marks time for the completion of Stage 1 was 44hrs 48mins. Which makes Angus’s time of 35hrs 40min even more mind boggling. Official times will be published in due course, as I only got a C in higher Maths. A eagled eyed dotwatcher mused that he must’ve been in need of a good wash so he's headed on down to the river. A river - what the Welsh refer to as ‘a bath…’ I shouldn’t mock however, as we up here in the Highlands are still awaiting a 4th channel on terrestrial tele. I hear the English have 5 channels now and that the films on it are belters! We can only but wait and hope. The battle for third in looked to be between Philippa and Jaimi as they couldn’t be separated for most of the day. However, in the dark of night Ollie Hayward put in a late charge to fly in under the radar! It was nail biting stuff to see which of our leading women would be next. It was Philippa Battye who managed to wrestle free from Jaimi Wilson reaching the checkpoint shortly before her nemesis for the best part of 2 days. A note to the riders, remember your timestamp thingwy please! So I can keep track! We also had our first scratch of the event unfortunately. Our youngest rider of 19, George Bramwell made the sensible call to call it a day. He started to struggle taking in food and would have done himself even more damage had he tried to push on to make the cut of point at CP1. A wise head on such young shoulders. Every cloud has a silver lining however. He was fundraising for Papyrus - a very worthy cause during the GBDURO21, raising at the time of writing, nearly £3000. Almost £1000 over his target. So head on over to his IG account where you will find a link to his just giving page and a bit of background to the charity. Find him at @georgebramwell_cycling Well done in getting this far George, a lot of riders never even made it to the start line! Will be great to see you back in the future. Rest up, stay strong and thanks for joining us fro GBDURO21. Over on our Race Radio, most of the chat is now resorted to food. Can only mean the riders are now burst. You know the score. Its like at the end of a ride when you start fantasising about what you’ll have when you get in from your 3 hour ride. Now imagine that ten fold… that’ll get you somewhere close to the mindset of our riders. Ride, eat, sleep (for some), poop, then repeat. However, not necessarily in that order. Will update you guys later as we’ll get a flurry of riders finishing Stage 1 throughout the day. I’ll leave you with this picture for now. Adam Colvin didn’t manage to find a Spar for hours so he had to look for an alternative means of sustenance… Catch you later
Deadpool If he hasn’t already, we’re about to have the first rider to roll into Checkpoint 1. The Machine aka Angus ‘nae mates’ Young is about to complete Stage 1. Nae Mates due to the fact he’s going to be hanging about for ages before anyone joins him. Nearest rider to him is over 100km in arrears. I don’t feel so bad now getting pumped by him during this years PanCelticRace. He will have covered the 635km long stage that has a ridiculous 11700m of vert in not a kick in the arse off 1 day and 12 hours. Quicker than a fancy electric jag that the media crew are driving! I doff my casquette sir! Well done you maniac. Here he is. Can’t tell if that’s a smile or a grimace. In true Racing Collective style, no fanfare. Just a lonely time stamped photo by a gate. I’ll likely be in my scratcher by the time the next few riders finish stage 1, so I’ll do them the courtesy of a quick shout out. Mark Beaumont has finally dropped Media Car 1 for the moment but they may have a chance to catch up as Mark is long overdue an interview. However, Media Car 1 will need to stop AGAIN for a recharge. In what is shaping up to be the battle royale, Jaimi Wilson and Philippa Battye are fighting it out for 3rd on the road and they have a comfortable buffer back to the best of the rest. Very difficult to write without sounding like a patronising git, but it’s an astonishing ride from the two of them. The reached out in the early hours and have kept it going throughout the day. I doff one of my many other caps. Will update with pics hopefully!
DP Still waiting on photos from the slackers, so will just crack on in the meantime and maybe by the time I come round to posting they’ll have fed me some content. I’ve trawled IG a bit to see if there’s anything interesting enough for me to rabble on about. Slim pickings… Lee Craigie seems to have a bit of bother through the night by loosing a light and having to navigate via her phone. Something I’m all too familiar with. Saving grace, is she managed to find somewhere that served scramblers on toast. A buddy and myself are in fact scramblers on toast connoisseurs. We have finally set on ‘the Gordon Ramsay method.’ Basically butter and eggs. No salt… Yet. On the heat, stir like buggery, off the heat, stir like buggery. Then repeat until fluffy. Don’t overcook as it’ll finish off cooking on the plate. Add salt afters! We do bang it up a notch every now and again and I have a WhatsApp thread full of us testing and rating different cheeses we add during the stirring like buggery bit. Personal favourite is Burrata cheese! I’ll throw a bit of a curveball at you too. Try adding tablespoon of coleslaw to the scramblers! I’ll claim this as a Pitblado Special! Google ‘Gordon Ramsay’s Scrambled Eggs. You’ll thank me later. Out on the trails we’ve had some tailbacks due to a local blocking the trail. Our leading pair have been hampered by this trail hogger. That could have been a cracker of a play on words if it had been a pig. I’ve been kept entertained by Adam Colvins his UK’s tour of convenience stores. Surprisingly he’s reasonably high up the field considering the amount of video selfies he’s done. I’m beginning to think I know why he took a header last year coming into checkpoint 3. Give him a follow and check out his story as give a good insight into the wonderful world of ultra endurance ‘racing.’ He’s down as ‘airbourneelvis7’ on the ‘gram. Adam Colvin in chipper mood as he made his way through the Quantock Hills. Lover of a Spar or M&S (when he poshes it up) Worried that he won’t find a Spar for the rest of the day, it looks like hes carrying Hal’s the shop on his back. In other rider news, Jim Higgins has thankfully had a second wind after having a torrid time of it yesterday. Suffering from dehydration by the sounds of it couple with a bit of heat stroke. He was at a low ebb, but supportive messages from friends and family have dragged him out of his funk and he’s back at it! Hard as nails! Keep it going Jim! For those of you nerds out there one of TRC stalwarts Niall Iain is doing the Race Trace analysis. That's the fancy graph thing that you see on the other events that goes pear shaped when you try to view it on you mobile phone. I like Niall, but I still cant forgive him for pumping me for the TransScotland18 title. His local knowledge of dodging all the pished weegies as we came through Glasgow towards the finish line still weighs on my mind to this day. That's after I dragged him along the A8 at 40kmh. Cheeky sod. On reflection it was probably closer to 25kmh considering we had just ridden 500km down the length of Scotland. Still. Here’s a link to the flow chart thingy… link is also in our bio over on IG. Elsewhere, we’ve had another mishap as looks like Liam Yates has taken a flyer after hitting a dog on a descent. He’s fine and back up and cycling. I wonder if it was the wee Jack Russell that was taking chunks out of riders earlier? My biggest concern however, is that sock length. That is getting dangerously close mid shin and therefore non-compliance. Can the commissaries please get the tape measure out when he next passes. I’ll hold off issuing a time penalty and further fine. Photo dump inbound! Our photographers must have arrived back in civilisation and phone reception! Some action from the Quantock Hills. Where’s Wally? Or where’s Carl Hopps more accurately. The ginger beard is the giveaway. Horribly clashing with the purple heather. Lee Craigie knows her shit. One of the few riders that has opted for a flat bar machine. Does she know something the others don’t. After have lighting and navigational problems through the night she is carving her way back up the field. Eking out every last bit of traction here. You can’t buy experience! Adam Colvin away in search of another Spar. Could be a lucrative sponsorship on the cards for him. They’ll certainly get a lot of screen time. I’ll be back later on as I’m tasked with the weekly shop. Who knows, by the time I’m done Angus will probably have made it to checkpoint 1. I wonder if he’ll stop or crack on to see if he can have a pop at Lachlan’s time from 2019??
Cheers Chris Morning sports fans. This will be a quick morning update as I do actually have a life… There won’t be many awesome pics from our photographers in this update as they are requiring a decent recharge like their leccy cars. Today’s the day where we’ll get a sneak-peak into the likely tactics of the riders. I’m trying not to focus on the front of the field but upon picking up my phone this morning and opening up the tinterweb, I’ve not only (unsurprisingly) found that Angus is crushing it but Jaimi Wilson and Philippa Battye are currently 2nd and 3rd on the road!! Jaimis’ fly as f@%k tactic of panning off some of her kit to other riders has clearly been a master stroke. Well played! Looks like they’ve both made best use of the twilight hours and pushed on through with little rest. They’ve not long dropped Mark Beaumont as he was hot on their heels a wee while ago. He has maybe pestered by roadside fans and more autograph hunters. Remains to be seen if he has a race-face. Time will tell. Which we have a lot of between now and John O’Groats. FFS, scratch that…. In the time its taken me to write this bit… This is gonna be ace! Separated by a mere bawhair (Scottish unit of measurement) this will be a great battle to follow. We’ll see if the minimal rest will come back to haunt them later today. Elsewhere, Race Radio has been reasonably quiet overnight, I suspect because folk were asleep. Simon Wareing, clearly conscious that he is a rolling cloud of funk has found somewhere to stay for the night… On that note, I should note that even with Covid measures easing across the country we have still asked our riders to maintain a minimum 2m social distance when mingling with normal people as the are gonna reek. Proper bad! On the other hand, cycling for days on end is not a bad thing if it means those eejits that think wearing a mask over just their mouth, leaving their nose hang out acceptable. Just take it off and leave the pretense. Some of our riders appear to have been getting grief from a rogue Jack Russell on course. The warnings have been sent out to avoid this over excitable dotwatcher. Here’s hoping the little shit barks itself knackered!
That’s me for now. I’ll check back in this afternoon to see how the day is progressing. Will send a text to Dan, Ben and Tommy top pull their collective fingers out and get me some photos. TTFN DPonaB Bugger it! I slept in. - Though I have the excuse of waiting on the photographers earning their keep and passing on some pics for me to blether about. A quick note on our photographers. Dan (Mr Breakawaydigital), Ben (bbriffett.com) & Tommy (Tommycheck.com). When not taking holiday snaps of the riders they will be sitting on their arses’ doing chuff all waiting for their leccy cars to charge. Expect to see lots of moody photos of hard done by photographers leaning against cars, coffee on dashboards etc. That kinda crap… ;-) Oh and as if by magic… We have already had a prologue of sorts today. Proof of awesomeness was required, so our riders had to take a time stamp selfie somewhere in or around the famous landmark prior to 8am. [#gbduro21stage1start] The queue to the Land’s End sign post was reportedly longer than that of the queue at Gregg’s the Bakers post (1st) Covid lockdown. Having been on the end of Morecambe Pier prior to the start of one of TRC taster events - the TransEngland - there will be some riders faffing about trying to find their phone that they’ve packed away in a safe place inside a waterproof pouch. Some will have forgotten to download the timestamp app, some will still be stuffing porridge in their face whilst they watch the majority of the field ride away from them. I would have been one of those who will have forgotten to download the time stamp app… 😶 Yesterday evening, we saw our riders assemble for some pre ride beers and a chance for them to get to know each other. Fear of missing out is indeed real as I’d have loved to be down there preparing for what will be for some a life changing ride. Some friendships will have been formed and some rivalries will have been secretly ignited. I’m somewhere in between, don’t mind getting the craic but I’ll send those who I know are more talented and generally younger than me proper daggers. Let the revelries commence.
Hydration and nutrition on point. I’ve just realised what I’ve signed up for here. Giving all you lucky readers (if anyone is actually seeing this) ‘brief’ updates during this years event. I’m usually a couple of hours into my first of two weekend, de-stressing bike rides. Thanks Miles. Appreciate the opportunity! Although, my minor meltdown from last night has put paid to my planned ride this morning. Being a grumpy Scot, I complain about what little summer we get in the wild North. Being also a bike nerd, I have chain cleanliness OCD for which there is no cure. So when the penny pinching Scot in me turns off the central heating for the ‘warm months’ (read - less cold) I can’t dry my pristine clean chains. So when the wife goes to bed… Our new oven is a bit punchier than the last so I may have a little extra chain stretch 😢 I digress. I’ve just checked the time (0904hrs) as I type and I’ve already missed the excitement of the roll out, sorry. Think they all got away fine. I suspect Angus Young had the rollers out. Mark Beaumont is still hanging about signing autographs… As I go to press we have those that maybe had one too many beers… ….those that are heading top the pharmacists’ for Sudocrem - sand and chamois don’t mix… …and those that have reached out for glory early doors… Righto folks. I’m meant to be meeting the ball and chain up the road in a couple of hours for a lunch with friends and family. But it’s a 3-4 hour bike ride away. Better get a wriggle on.
Will update you with the rest of the days shenanigans laters. Peace out… Deadpool The UK’s premier Lo-Fi bike packing event kicks off this coming weekend. Affectionately referred to as a ‘scrappy rolling picnic through Britain's ever changing landscapes,’ it has attracted all sorts of weird and wonderful but like minded souls. For 2021 we see the return of the ‘normal’ staged format (if you can call riding the length of the UK predominantly off-road normal) after last years hobo edition. More on that later… Basically a dirty version of LEJOG - Land’s end to John O’Groats. Riders will tackle around 2000km of some of the best trails, singletrack and gravel that the UK has to offer. Throw in some shitty weather, midges, stale service station food, mountains, glens, valleys, more mountains and maybe even some angry badgers, will altogether make for a melting pot of entertainment that we, the readers and dot watchers, can enjoy from the comfort of our couch whilst the riders have to get stuck in and sweat it out. Nae luck! the routeThe GBDURO actually follows the GB Divide route, the brainchild of The Racing Collective (TRC). Originally conceived as an Individual Time Trial (ITT), a self supported gravel, bikepacking adventure that anyone can tackle at any time. If you think you can better Lachlan Morton’s insane completion time he posted during the inaugural GBDURO then head on over to the website for more information and start planning. Last year the pandemic forced The racing Collective to run GBDURO in a self-sufficient' format rather than self-supported. To get your head around the difference see the following: Expect to see another Hobo edition in the not to distant future, but not everyone is quite ready for that yet - this year's edition has reverted back to the conventional self-supported-stripping petrol station shelves bare of chocolate milk... edition For the statos out there, GBDURO is split into 4 stages of varying distances and elevation. Stages will start at 8am sharp and the riders will have 3 days to complete each stage with the exception of stage 4 where they will only be allowed 1.66 days. (I’ll leave you to do the sums…) Any rider that misses the start of the stage will not be given a GC (General Classification) placing, but their dot will stay live on the tracking website so we can still cheer them on to the end. We don’t have a broom wagon as the budget wouldn’t stretch, but you get the idea. We’re screwed if the riders club together out of protest to form a Grupetto… As we have to return to our regular life at some point. There will be a general regroupement at the finish of each stage to allow all the riders to unwind, gather themselves, share their stories with fellow competitors and hopefully us so we can get a bit of content for the stage round ups to share with those following the event from afar. I dare say a beer or two will be cracked open around a camp fire before being set loose again on the next stage. So added impetus to arrive at the checkpoints with little time to spare. They’ve come to the wrong event if they are expecting team buses, chefs, soigneurs, warm comfy hotels and a smorgasbord of grub. Stage 1 will be the grand depart from beginning at Land’s End to checkpoint 1 in Ysbyty Cynfyn (not a spelling mistake…) mid Wales. To ease the riders in they will tackle one of the longer stages at 635km in length with 11700m of ascent. Here’s me thinking the South was flat! Ysbyty Cynfyn (yup, still had to double check I spelled that correctly) to checkpoint 2 at Garrigill which is pretty much smack bang in the middle of the UK. ‘The easy stage.’ Shorter and flatter at only 460km long with only 6700m of climbing. Leaving England behind, from Garrigill, our riders will enter the wild North for the first time finishing at checkpoint 3 at Fort Augustus on the shores of Loch Ness. 485km this time and another 6700m of vert. By now, even the mountain goats will start complaining. By now the riders have almost reached the top of the hill. The shortest of the 4 stages at 380km, sees the riders leave the Bonny Bonny Banks heading for the sprint finish at John O’Groats. A mere 4400m of climbing will finish off those hardy enough to make it this far. So there you have it. 2000 odd kilometres and a few times up Mount Everest separates our heroes from eternal glory. It’s their choice if they want to smash it, tour it or something in between. The lowest aggregate time for all 4 stages will be crowned the winne… will get lots of kudos from their fellow riders and the respect from the rest of us following from afar. the riders (some of)First home in the past have included a ringer from Australia and one of the UK’s original bike-packing drifters. Both are too feart (adjective - Scottish) to turn up this year so the crown is up for grabs! However, it's not always about who can cover the distance the quickest, although there are timed stages so I guess it is… but about the random stories that come to light, often from the unlikeliest of riders or circumstances. That’s why we follow dots and scour social media right? Nevertheless, we’ve put together some names of riders you may want to keep an eye on that could either smash it all the way or entertain us in some random way. In an unashamedly clickbait like manner, we have a number of riders who should offer us all some entertaining dot watching. In no particular order…. after checking their social media follower numbers ;-)…. We have the following: lee craigieFirst up and being totally unbiased, a fellow Scot that doesn’t really need an introduction. Multi discipline biking bad ass and ambassador for all things outdoors is Lee Craigie. She’ll no doubt crush most of the field (I’ve been on the receiving end in the past) all the while having a laugh and getting the craic with her fellow riders. ANGUS YOUNGOur very own Angus Young. Flying the flag for The Racing Collective and fresh from pinching my crown at this years Pan Celtic Race. Wishing you a headwind all the way buddy… Building up a impressive Palmares he’ll be one to keep a close eye on. Or in my recent experience, a very distant eye on! Being second home in 2019 and then having to scratch in 2020 means there are some demons to slay. Will 3rd time be the charm? Naomi FreireichAs difficult a surname as my own! Can ride her bike for hours on end with piss all sleep. Has the silverware to prove it. At home on wider flat bars but seems to be able to go a dropped bar jobber just as well. Will she be able to translate her 24hr into 200+hrs? MARK BEAUMONTA newbie to bikepacking bunch racing by all accounts as I believe he prefers to ride on his tod most of the time is Mark Beaumont. Keeps himself to himself, quite low key, so it’ll be interesting to see how he copes with the shoulder barging when the gun sounds. Elbows out Mark! Philippa BattyeA GBDURO veteran ;-) Philippa Battye co-organised the inaugural edition of the event and was the first female home . She has racked up an impressive amount of race miles in the big events across Europe and beyond. Chris Bower & Sharon CaltonUnfinished business for this pair. Returning after scratching in 2020 in Appleby. Turns out that every cloud has a silver lining however… Checking into a local hotel which happens to be a rather nice castle atop a hill. It transpired that the hotel held weddings after a chat with the chef. The following April they returned again clad in their cycling clobber to tie the knot. So this is honeymoon part 2! ADAM COLVINAnother GBduro vet. Took part in the aforementioned Hobo Edition. Back again and looking for a bit of redemption after a mishap going into checkpoint 3. A cruel end to an impressive ride so close to the finish in such a punishing edition of GBDURO. He’ll be giving the mighty Corrieyairack Pass plenty of respect this year. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. You’ll nail it this time pal. Sharn HooperLikes to ride mtb’s fast so this should be a piece of piss for her. As you really only need to go slow and steady for about a week solid. An event like this has been on the radar for a while and reckon she’ll give it laldi. No pressure! Easily recognisable by the grotesquely coloured bike! Boke! Sorry not sorry ;-) My mate has a Space Chicken. I don't ride with him that often.... JIM HIGGINSJim, an adopted highlander like myself. Funny accent so don’t think he’s a proper local but will be shouting him on nonetheless. Another totally unbiased inclusion ;-) Likes to go high and far. Lover of the outdoors and has a similar mantra of ‘if you can walk it you can bike it.’ Starting to become a familiar face on ‘the circuit.’ If you want to see some inspirational photos keep an eye on him. LEE BROWNLikes to go quick on tarmac but has been putting in the long miles. One of only two riders to have completed the TRC Trans Series events this year. TransEngland, TransWales & TransScotland. He’s been going well and been building up to the biggie. Sounds like he’s hooked and becoming one of ‘us.’ Hope he’s left something in the tank! For anyone that feels aggrieved that they haven’t been given a mention then tough. I’ve a restricted word count and my dinner isn’t going to make itself! Joking aside, these types of events have a way of surprising us, as quite often there will be a random punter that’ll silently fly under the radar and stick it to the favourites. ‘Mon the underdog! We try to be as diverse as possible and have always strived to have an equal gender split. The goal is to eventually have a 50/50 split which we have fallen just short off this year. However, 43% of riders this year are female which is near as damn it. You may correct me as I haven’t done any research on the matter but I can’t think of many other mixed events of this type than can boast as high a figure. We’re up from 31% in 2019 and 27% in 2020 so we’re moving in the right direction. I’m sure the quality and depth of this year's female field won’t fail to inspire others to sign up in the future. It’s going to be a very tight race and they’ll be knocking lumps out of each other all the way to the end. For some those hardy souls who’ll be lining up at the bottom of the UK (I sit here typing away in the Highlands of Scotland so it always feels like uphill to John O’Groats) have more than likely been inspired by the antics or exploits of fellow riders tackling similar events and thought - ‘that looks fun’ or ‘I reckon I can do that’ or ‘I’d love to be part of that.’ They’ll probably not care how or when they will finish, they may not even finish but their stories will be just as compelling as those at the pointy end of the field, if not more so. For a snap shot of all those riding hit the button below and you'll be transported to a popular vanity app to see who all is taking part. #noflyride.What’s that all about then? This will be the more serious part of what is quickly becoming a novel… “Chris, can you write a wee intro for the ride please” he said! From the outset, The Racing Collective have tried to promote responsible travel where possible. Cyclists and bikepackers who generally have a leave-no-trace ethos, face a difficult decision when planning that must-do ride or race abroad. Life, work, costs and time normally dictate how we get to and from events. In most circumstances this involves a couple of flights which will use up your yearly allocation of CO2 emissions! I have been guilty myself but I’m learning. Hopefully recent climate change reports and the upcoming climate change conference will help bring the issue to the forefront of the wider public. Together we can make a difference. This year we have been overwhelmed and humbled by the riders' commitment to get to and from the event either under their own steam or using public transport. An honourable mention to some of our overseas riders; Martin Biseenbacker who will be driving all the way from Denmark in a leccy car. I wonder what the car's range is… Sofie Joore and Tim van Gemert will both be making their way from the Netherlands by train, ferry and pedal power. Thanks folks! Further night time reading below if you can spare us a few minutes. tracking the gbduroWe’ll be (when real life doesn’t get in the way) providing daily updates of how our intrepid adventurers are faring. There will be reports and round-ups of the individual stages, and of course a final wrap up of the results and stories. There’s only so much we can do from behind a screen, so get involved, shout on your local hero or get out on the trail to offer encouragement or abuse as they battle their way through peat bogs or sheep shit strewn bridleways. Post up on your preferred medium, hashtag to death (non-official hashtags can be found below to use) and spread the word. Enjoy the show folks. It’s going to be a great ride. #GBDURO21 #GBDIVIDE #noprizenosupport #noflyride #goneferal #ridetorewild #routetonetzero #beyondleavenotrace #bemoremike #theracingcollective To get you daily fix of how it's all unfolding click below! a note on the writerThese pieces will unlikely be proof read or censored in any way, so any spelling or grammatical errors are entirely my own mistakes. I may occasionally use bad language, but this is only when I struggle to think of the appropriate word from my limited vocabulary. Any pedantry will not be accepted and will be dealt with in a swift and sarcastic manner. Also, if I cause any offence I’ll probably have meant it and it’ll likely be merited so you have been warned. I am Deadpool on a bike. Not the bonnie Ryan Reynolds man crush kinda way I must add. You’ll know what I mean if you have ever seen the state of me during a race. [Postscript]
As it turns out there has been some proof reading and some censoring :-( I sneaked in a couple of naughtiness afterwards though! |
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