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Cycling 70 Miles to Brighton

Cycling 70 Miles to Brighton

My new bike arrived on Thursday evening, and with some assembly from my mechanic (Tom), I was set to give it a test ride on Friday. This wasn’t a quick spin around the park however, the test ride was the 70 miles to Brighton with a group of friends. This...
Do you want to cycle London to Paris in 24 hours?

Do you want to cycle London to Paris in 24 hours?

I know I do, however it was one of those things that I was telling myself that I couldn’t do. I wasn’t a proper ‘cyclist’. Perhaps I would do a longer, less scary version. But then my friend Sophie set up a sportive, taking 200 cyclists fully...

Edge Cycle Class Review

One of my problems is I get major FOMO. Serious fear of missing out, which is how I managed to sign myself up to two spinning classes last Wednesday. The first was a 7.30am class at EdgeCycle, a brand new spinning class based near Chancery Lane in the central London...

Duathlon Training: Brick Workout

A brick workout is a training session that involves two or more exercises back to back, with the aim of muscle adaptation. Your heart rate increases significantly as your body tries to change the blood flow from the muscles used in the first exercise, to those used in...