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  • Park Life

    The local racing season has started with Brighton Mitre‘s Hove Park Crits. Next month is Lewes Wanderers‘ Lewes Crits series, and in July it’s the Tour of Sussex.

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    Park Life

  • DNF

    Standing under the heating vent inside Sainsbury’s Local in Crowborough, whilst a puddle of water forms at my feet, I stare at the map on my phone looking for the shortest way back to Lewes. I decided 5 kilometres back that I was going to give up at the next control. Little did I realise the…

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  • Hometown Woods

    Army barracks and the sound of gun fire. No red flags, it should be OK. My first ever race. Why would I start racing at my age. Idiot. Please let the rain stop. The terrain and smell of damp pine takes me back. I revert to a 13 year old kid on a BMX hacking…

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    Hometown Woods