Mick W combined some good solid bike training with an entry
into last month’s National Cycle
Challenge – a scheme designed to encourage bike-commuting to work. Mick’s impressively
dedicated 23 days and 300 miles of commute was enough put him in 4th
position in the challenge for the whole of his home county of West Yorkshire .
Not content with hammering the bike, he’s also been putting
in some really impressive runs and a 5K PB at York ’s parkrun bears testimony to his form.
This was his first sub-19 minute 5K but very probably won’t be his last.
Mick has been working hard on both disciplines with a view
to making an impression in cross duathlon this Autumn and indeed, on the15th
October, he made this season’s multi-sport debut at Clumber Park in One Step
Beyond’s 5K run / 17K MTB / 2.5K run Sprint event.
Unfortunately, in spite of his proven bike and run form, this
particular foray into ended in frustration and disappointment after slack
course signage management saw him – and several other leading racers – directed
off the bike course: thereby rendering the whole event something of a farce.
The follow up cross-duathlon event is in a couple of week’s
time and Mick is angry…