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The gamification of cycling: From Red Bull to Zwift

On the 24th and 25th of October this year I competed in Red Bull Timelaps (RBTL). This event, usually held in Windsor Great Park, pits teams of riders against each other and the clock to race for 25-hours non-stop. With the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s event was a little different and took place over the...

Running around a sheep field

Hello. I haven't written a blog for a while. Indeed, my last blog faded into nothingness. 2 people read it. Roughly 2 more than usual mind you so maybe it was a great success. That said, a lot has happened since my last post so I absolutely must sit down and write this one.  ...

Hello Uni, My Old Friend

And hello 3rd year at University! I'm not sure where the last 2 years have disappeared to but I seem to find myself in the midst of a dissertation that, the last time I checked, doesn't seem to want to write itself. I'm sure the summer happened and it vanished with memories of mountains, snow,...

Mulhacen – The Quest for 11,000 feet

Why? Mountains, I kind of like them, yet I have never climbed one outside of the UK and this clearly had to change. The not so obvious choice was to avoid the Alps or Pyrenees but head for the Sierra Nevada in Southern Spain. Little known outside of climbing circles, Mulhacen is in fact the...

Strathpuffer: Slipping and Sliding to Victory

'Strathpuffer', what is it?  I didn't know what it was either before Alex, my team mate, mentioned it in Autumn last year. Essentially it is a 24 hour mountain bike race, in the Highlands of Scotland in January with temperatures as low as -10 and 17 hours of darkness! It certainly got me excited, I...

Yr Wyddfa, Crib-y-Ddysgi and a night in a tent

A weekend in Snowdonia Mount Snowdon and its surrounds has managed to avoid me up until this bank holiday weekend. It seems to have never crossed my radar, maybe because of its massively remote nature or maybe because I would normally head to the Lake District, but I can finally say that I have set...

Trek Stache 5 Review

Earlier this month I had the chance to test a bike that I have been wanting to ride for a long time, the Trek Stache 5. Not only does it look like quite a cool bit of kit, the half fat 29+ tyres make it look intriguing and most of all fast, I had to...

The Summer as a Student

Changed Plans Summer is something that in the run up to the end of my first year at uni, I kind of forgot about. Everything was planned with Malawi looking like the perfect escape for what I had hoped would be an unforgettable experience. Unfortunately, due to changes in personal circumstances, I didn't go, which...