Headed up to Nairn for the weekend and maanged to get some good climbing practice in.  Stopped at Aviemore on the way up and did a ride up the road to the ski station.  Probably the longest hill I have had to tackle this year and quite enjoyed it.  So much I did it twice!
Once [...]

I have only done a couple of Sportives so far but this one was definately the most fun.
I had headed over to Islay, an island off the west coast of Scotland, for my summer holiday and this event happened to be on at the time. 100 miles around Islay. It took a few [...]

As I nervously waited at the start line of the Southern Uplands Sportive I was already beginning to wonder if I had bitten off more than I could chew. The whole field of only 250 people was full of people wearing various club jerseys. I was in the last group to go off [...]

I have now started to realise that cyling a long distance requires more than a bottle of water. After some more web research and trawling forums I have decided to give the Science in Sport (SiS) energy products a try.
Very basically from what I can work out after cycling for more than 2 hours [...]