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Came across this last night: the red route at all of the 7 Stanes, plus the road in between, in 24 hours. Sparked my interest until my wife confirmed it clashes with a family wedding.
https://www.durtyevents.com/event/24seven/
So what are you thinking of for 2021?
I haven’t seen many events commit to a date (lots are postponed from this year of course). I like the idea of something really challenging to get me out of the door for the next 6 months or so (see above) without being a 24 hour race round in circles.
Having done the Wiltshire cycle way this year, looking at maybe a lap of Oxfordshire next, along with King Alfreds Way and maybe the ridgeway double I’ve talked about for years and not done yet.
Only have #jennride on the cards at the moment
Ride more. The lack of commute has really lowered my mileage this year.
But most of mine are running based. A 90 minute half marathon, a 3:15 marathon and a sub-19 min 5k. And run 3000 miles.
I have the dirty Reiver (only the 120km was available to me) and the frontier 300 which will be a mega challenge for me but I’m really enjoying training for it!
I’m in and paid for Itera 2021 Expedition Race. Should be type 2 fun.
Postponed from this year...
At least one off road coast to coast in each nation on Great Britain (classic St Bees to Robin Hoods Bay, the Great Glen, and some version of the Sarn Helen route). Have already done the Cornish C2C and have a silly idea for a Norfolk C2C too.
Hopefully get to ride my 2nd Boltby Bash in 2021 too...
Hopefully I’ll be riding King Alfreds way, Bristol to Bangor in two days and keep up my FoD visits.
Hope to be able to actually ride a bike again by around February time.
Have been injured and unable to ride since July.
Thoroughly depressed about the whole situation.
Subject to the C word I’ll be heading to Spain to hack out 5 days on the Camino de Santiago.
It’s been in my head for the last ten years on foot and now I can spin the cranks a bit ( all relative ) I want to give it a try.
Hopefully I will be doing it with my pal from Inverness
Hang in there singlespeedstu, keep the faith
No major plans, just trying to line up some fun stuff to look forward to. Booked so far are some coaching with Katy Curd in January, Southern Enduro MashUp at QECP in May and Southern Enduro open day at Milland also in May.
I've also entered the Frontier 300 and considering most of my riding is a lap around parts of the Tweed valley it's a bit of a step up for me!! A mate emailed me that 7Stanes event which has me slightly interested. How the hell you could do that as a solo is beyond me! 150km off road with 290km in between!
Edit - anybody got any training tips for a novice endurance hopeful?
Raid Pyrenean at the end of July, basically 5 very big days climbing in the road bike, completely supported so travelling light, luxury!
If the C-word intervenes I have a brilliant looking 5 day gravel tour through Lochaber and Ardnamurchan and/or a sort of "West Coast 800(km)" tour of some very nasty looking Scottish road climbs.
In between I've somehow developed a habit of plotting awesome looking 100 mile gravel routes, so I'll need to toughen up!
Main goal is to regain proper fitness (through mainly just being active rather than specific cycle training plan) and do some fast longish rides to test myself. Pick some loops/routes and try and do them at a speed that I feel is more like me than currently would/can do them.
Would like to do a 1 hour 25 mile TT on my MTB (on road with slicks), I was reminded I could do this 23 years ago so want to be able to do that.
A run a good 10k time some what close to what I used to be able to do. But mainly just be able to run and enjoy it.
I would like to race but not going to focus on them because I am not convinced that they will happen. Struggled a bit with highs and lows of fitness over the years which has left me fairly down so the big aim is to have all-round sustainable fitness and feel like myself.
Survive.
Main goal is that gnumas has a better year.
@eskay Cheers. Don't know how I missed that, I hover about here all the time!!
The one I want to get done in 2021 before I'm too old is Drummore Lighthouse to Dunnet Head.
The Southernmost point to Northernmost point of Scotland's mainland.
Then later the length of Orkney and Shetland.
Had to put it off 2 years ago for a family emergency in Oz, and again this year because of drunken effwits spreading CoVid.
Can't afford to leave it any longer.
Bike based:
Ride more.
Ride in Scotland. To start, visit some more of the 7 Stanes. Visit the Tweed Valley. Do some other stuff up there.
Try a spot of bike packing - start of simple with a local overnighter (Peak Disrict) but also go further afield.
Increase the distance I am comfortable doing for a days fun ride. This will also allow me to ride more varied stuff locally.
Explore more. If I'm getting out more then it wont matter if I spend a ride finding out that the route was crap, or that the bridleway is a dead end or unrideable or dull or....
Other - do some wild camping / bivying (see bikepacking above).
Get back into climbing.
Not particularly awe inspiring to most I'm sure, but after this year they are big enough targets for me!
Not get injured, not get Covid.
Got one eye on a rescheduled sportive in May where I help lead groups bon the route.
Beyond that, if Audax restarts I want to get back up to 200k, and go beyond that in 2022.
A mate and I cancelled a Welsh C2C in 2019 after I got injured, and couldn't do it this year, so that might be back on the cards.
Bike-wise I'm thinking of riding to my mate's house near Inverness from home, via a bit of HT550. Not really sure if my health will be up to it or I'll get the time with a 2nd child on the way in June.
All my other goals are health/family related.
To not break anything or have visits to A&E for 2021 would be nice, but probably a little ambitious for what i do and my level of ability.
Gain some fitness back, Covid has hit me a bit, no commutes, limited time and a series of injuries/ailments has limited me pretty badly in 2020, but if i can just limit this downtime i'll be back up in mileage, just need to book another steroid injection and hope it'll not take as long as the last!
Generally get fitter, get out more, I was pretty good during lockdown 1 but totally lost my enthusiasm after the summer.
More specific, get over to Chatel with my lads and smash out laps of the bike park with them.
Ride Dyfi, Revs, BPW and generally ride more, Covid permitting.
Would like to have a race to look forward to, but most organisers are being quiet on the event front at the moment. I suspect getting insurance is nigh on impossible for events at the moment.
I think just riding a bit further a field next year will be my main goal. A couple of weekends away riding uk centres like bpw and maybe up to Inners would be good. Fingers crossed.