back in the room after a fab weekend – think we broke strava on sunday – we drove round our lake district 100 miler route in car and received 60 x king of mountains e mails off strava overnight !! – but thats another story ????
i have ticked all lasts weeks event planning tasks (several folk have entered lake district 100 miler – huzzagh )
this weeks main jobs –
-promote events on fb
-look for marshals and helpers
-organise feed stations en route
-promote “all in weekend packages” @ holiday inn lancaster
-organise a fb competition to win an “all in package ” for 2 x riders
-add 2 x future sportives on directories – dales 15 july and bowland fells 16 september
-keep up personal training –
-gentle run monday – done
-fast hour+ bike tues
-hour + on hills thurs
-steady 3 hours + road or mountain biking over weekend
i am back to organizing our exiciting new series of 100 mile sportives in and around the biketastic regions of the lakes – dales and forest of bowland.
having collated a calendar of similar events within a 100 miles of our lancaster base – i have taken the command decision to alter a couple of our dates – to prevent clashing with another event and give riders a better spread of rides to chose to enjoy and train for throughout the year
so our calendar is now –
29 april 18 – lake district 100 miler
15 july 18 – yorkshire dales 100 miler
16 sept 18 – forest of bowland 100 miler
come and join us for possibly some of the most challenging rides in england
my next job is to register our 3 x events on british cycling calendar (where you can enter) as well as www.sportive.com
just to keep you in the loop – we are working night and day right now to make our events next year the best in the north west!!
we have done many an event – both running and biking – and intend to pinch the bits we have enjoyed most – like a free drink and chill out area – after a fell run along with the gradual start and “non competitive” nature of sportive bike events.
several facilities have offered the use of their car parks and other amenities – which is great – and our initial dates for our 3 x sportives in 2018 will be –
welcome to our brand spanking new website and events company – top dog events – inspired by the other love of my life – a bonkers white boxer dog called bailey – that i had the privilege of getting to know when i met lynn several years ago.
like lynn she was always up for an adventure come rain or shine – we lost her a couple of years ago – when old age caught her up and she could no longer walk – we miss her constantly and the thought of her being part of our new venture was right somehow.
partners in crime – chris and bailey baines
so we have lately realized that we are blessed to live in a truly amazing place to enjoy our various passions – which include running among fells, trails and local roads as well as riding our bikes on and off the road – check out chris’s strava feed to get an idea of some of our favorite routes.
chris currently loves showing visitors to the area – lakes, dales and forest of bowland some of the many outdoor adventures available – be it rock climbing, mountain walking, canoeing, fell running, mountain biking ect as a professional guide – while lynn works in nhs – but we are on a mission to share some of our very favorite routes, and places in this great region of england with as many folk as possible.
to that end – we have 3 x 86 / 100 mile challenging cycle routes in the lakes, yorkshire dales and forest of bowland planned as well as 3 x provisional dates for 2018
29 april – lakes
1 july – dales
23 sept – bowland
we are in talks with several local venues to arrange start / finish areas as well as working closely with british cycling – becoming registered event organizers and following their best practice guidelines.
so watch this space – contact us for a chat – and checkout our facebook page @ top dog events
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