Out on my 3rd 200km in 4 days. Back on home territory so happily much flatter.
Goal of 200 @audaxuk.bsky.social points is inching closer
@owenaudax.bsky.social
Adventures by bike. Keen long distance cyclist (Audax) with a bit of parkrun for fun.
Out on my 3rd 200km in 4 days. Back on home territory so happily much flatter.
Goal of 200 @audaxuk.bsky.social points is inching closer
Up north for the weekend. All set for Peculier Old 200km tomorrow from a Darlington. Not at all set for Last Chance Dales 200 on Sunday.
Thatβs more climbing in 1x200 than I do in most months π¬
You are the 5th highest placed woman in the Uk which is an amazing effort.
Also 62 points is still mental, an RRtY and SR are 31 points, and Iβd suggest that in the Audax Gold standard so to have doubled that is brilliant work
only 16 days left of the Audax year so I decided to try and get my head back round commuting, rather than making every ride about points.
So I rode to work in civvys. I canβt remember the last time I rode in anything other than Lycra
The exception was my onelesscar cap and some shoes with cleats on
Mid week 50km ultra.
Almost the end of the @audaxuk.bsky.social year.
Still a few rides planned but itβs been a heck of a year
Careful. With running you arenβt supposed to increase distance more than 10% each week to avoid injuries.
Well done though, but also sod that
Maybe one day. Itβs a bit of a trek from Essex though π€£
11.10.2025 11:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Brentwood this morning was trails the whole way round and I quite enjoyed it. But I suspect thatβs only because it was dry. Give it another month or so and Iβll be looking for tarmac ones.. preferably flat
11.10.2025 11:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you Marshall ππ
Itβs really something I should do as well
I did one in the Netherlands last year while cycle touring and they did the briefing in English, itβs so nice.
Sorry to hear the fall knocked your confidence, Iβm sure it wonβt take long to come back.
Nice, very jealous
11.10.2025 09:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0That was hard.
Not run in nearly a month amd despite my new tβshirt I have not miraculously got quicker/fitter
The hills π« π«
Nice park though and my 51st #parkrun and my 25th location
First outing of the 50 t-shirt.
Itβs Saturday itβs #parkrun day.
Brentwood today⦠looks lumpy
There were 10 starters. So not many. Dean the organiser did say it wouldnβt work at the weekend due to the extra traffic around Robin Hood bay and Whitby.
Tom Jackson runs Wye Wednesday, only in PBP years and that always attracts big numbers
It was my first time riding up there. I was lucky with the weather, the views and roads were so nice
10.10.2025 09:37 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Had a very enjoyable day out riding a 200km @audaxuk.bsky.social calendar ride in Yorkshire on Wednesday. Route through the moors was stunning, but some of the hills π¬π¬
10.10.2025 09:00 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Yes I agree, they are not good for the planet and I donβt use co2 for that reason. For now I will stick with my proper frame pump which gets the job done. But I was impressed with the mini pump I saw being used, I can see why lots of people are buying them
02.10.2025 22:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Having seen one be used recently Iβm actually sold on them, much better than one use co2 canisters.
I havenβt bought one yet but I probably will when they come done in price
1st of October. Last month of the @audaxuk.bsky.social year.
Currently 176.5 pointsβ¦. 23.5 to go.
Itβs going to be be big October with 10x200kmβs planned plus a couple of 50βs to top it up.
Lots local but also some up north and one in Wales.
Letβs Fucking Go
2 of 2) Saturday @geospizafortis.bsky.social, me and 28 others rode the 416km Asparagus and Strawberries @audaxuk.bsky.social
Had lots of fun. As party pace as an Audax can be, including eating Chinese on a bus stop floorπ€£
Great company, great weather for late sept, loved it⦠shockingly type 1 fun
1 of 2) Great weekend.
On Friday I spent the day on the Paddle Steamer Waverley. Iβve been coming on since before I was born. Only one trip this year, but Iβll make up for that next year.
It was a birthday treat and very nice to just spend the day relaxing.
But I made up for that on Saturday
Ordinarilyπ but things change *** insert evil laugh here ***
26.09.2025 16:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have a Secan 2.5, currently set up for touring, Iβve done almost 10,000km in the last 2 years, but I always migrate back to the Strael.
Iβve done 600km in the last week on the Secan, but itβll be the Strael for this weekends 400km Audax.
But yeah, amazing bikes. I am
Ofc considering a farran π€£
So today is my Fairlight Straelβs 4th birthday. In that 4 years Iβve ridden 48,500km (30,100miles).
Itβs is the best thing I have ever bought. Ever.
So many Audaxβs, my first Paris-Brest-Paris. Iβve laughed on this bike, and cried. I just feel at home on it.
Hereβs to many more adventures
Thanks. π itβs taken me years π€£
21.09.2025 21:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Congrats Mike. Great effort. 150 π€―π€―π€―
21.09.2025 21:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mental. Well done π
21.09.2025 21:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks, sadly i didnβt have time for the cafe, as the ride I was on started at 9am, so buy the time is been back to hotel and changed, re packed the bike etc I was nearly 2hrs behind everyone one else.
20.09.2025 22:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#parkrun done. π
Good time and I finished 100th on my 50th.
Nice course.
Now to try and play catch up with ACME Tourdax Peleton π³
Itβs #parkrun day.
Itβs my 50th parkrun, itβs my first time at Benβs Yard and I got here by bike. Itβs gonna be a good day.