Cycling Coast to Coast in a Day
Tobias Mews tackles one of the UK's toughest cyclesportives along a classic route
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Do you fancy taking on a race? Well, below you'll find hosts of articles about races that I've done or ones that I think you should!
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Ride Across Britain
Cycling from John O’Groats to Land’s End In the life of every outdoor fitness junkie, there are days when the whole world looks exciting, interesting, fun and the smile rarely leaves your lips. No challenge is too great! However, when you have 948 hard pedalled miles behind you,...
10 Things that Helped Me Ski the Height of Everest
It takes grit and determination to ski tour to the equivalent height of Mount Everest. But the Everest in the Alps challenge is something else. I explain the 10 things you need to know in order to succeed.
Preparing for Everest in the Alps 2019
How do you go about training for a ski mountaineering challenge that will take you up the height of Everest, when you have two young children, one of which is a newborn? With difficulty!
My next challenge: Everest in the Alps
What's it take to ski to the height of Everest? I aim to find out in my next challenge.
What I think about before an ultra marathon
I’m the first to admit that running an ultra marathon is on the whole a mental game. However, one also has to know when mind over matter can actually cause more harm than good. Your mind can get you to the finish, but it’s your body that takes...
Was entering the Dragon’s Back Race a genius idea? Or total madness?
Every ultra runner has a moment of madness, normally the point at which they enter some ridiculous sounding race that promises misery, blisters, injury and at worse, possible death. Despite having done numerous ultras across deserts, jungles and mountain ranges, my biggest folly was entering the 3rd edition of the...
Riding the Maserati Tour de Yorkshire Ride
Getting up at 4am on a bank holiday Sunday is probably most people’s idea of hell. However when my alarm clock went off alerting me it was still dark, I had an excited yet nervous energy in tackling a not-your average kind of sportive cycle ride. My friend Charly...
How to Prepare for the Dragon's Back Race
As a recreational endurance athlete, I love a challenge as much as anyone. However, every now and then, I hear about a race or an event where I just think ‘rather you than me kiddo’. You know, those races that are a bit like space? The ones where you try...