By Greg Keers on 03/07/2007

Stuart Dillon, Richard Bulkley and I just completed 543km of cycling of the London Paris Tour over 3 days and here are a few notes about how we got on (yes that is Sean Kelly with us in the photo!)...

We had a fantastic few days of road racing over closed roads with a full support service of lead cars, 10s of motorbikes operating rolling road closures, mechanics and masseurs. There were around 150 riders in 3 groups from fun riders through to competitive road racers. We started in group 2 but after Stu and I eased to a 1-2 finish in that group's first hill climb competition we found the confidence to move up with the big boys of group 1 for the afternoon of the first day (well actually I had to nag and persuade Stu for about an hour before he gave in and agreed and then Richard jumped in the deep end too). Within a few kilometres of fast rolling with a much more disciplined peleton we had big smiles on our faces. It was quite unbelievable to take a look to see who was on your shoulder only to find it was...

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By Greg Keers on 05/12/2006

Nik Haynes and I entered the South Downs endurance adventure race as a team of two, both keen to have our first play at an adventure race (www.dynamicadventureracing.co.uk).

We had a lucky break in the weather. Lots of rain leading up to race day guaranteed a very muddy experience but the wind and rain backed off for us as a perfect window before gale force winds and rain were to arrive the following morning.

We turned up nice and early, registered in the village hall and picked up our race map and race numbers.

Both Nik and I as complete adventure race novices immediately started to learn about things that adventure racers do and the kit they have. Many competitors had a clip board attached to their handlebars for easy viewing of the map. It is amazing how much time we would end up wasting by messing around with our maps, tucking them away, getting them out again…

We sat down at one of the many tables  to study our map and work...

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