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CW5000, Cycling Weekly, General News - April 30, 2021

How Catherine Allen hit 5,000 miles by March 9

Although Catherine only signed up to the CW5000 challenge after she'd seen others reach the 5,000 mile target, she was actually the first to complete it in 2021. Here's how she did it.

If you’ve ever spent any time on Zwift Power – the site that lists all event results from the virtual platform – you might have come across the distance table at the bottom of the main events page. The table lists 50 riders and their kilometres ridden on Zwift. At the top is Australia’s Tim […]

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Cycling Weekly, Fitness, General News - April 30, 2021

You ARE a real cyclist - how to avoid imposter syndrome

In a sport hung up on rules and details, it’s easy to feel you’re falling short of the mark and failing to fit in. Dr Josephine Perry goes to work on imposter syndrome

We tend to think of cycling as brilliantly accessible. It takes us on adventures, provides the backbone of our social life and, if you commute by bike, saves thousands on motoring expenses. But cycling is not always as accessible as we like to think, and newcomers often feel shut out. From the obscure ‘rules’ that […]

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Cycling Weekly, General News, News - April 30, 2021

Top Fun - Racing jets around the Mach Loop

The Mach Loop in north Wales is used to hosting the top pilots of the RAF on low flying training, Vern Pitt find out how it fares on two wheels.

As my back wheel skitters across the tarmac on some gravel following some over enthusiastic braking I think to myself, “There aren’t many ways in which I’m like Tom Cruise, but we do both do all our own stunts.” The diminutive Hollywood star is front and centre of Cycling Weekly’s mind because we’ve come to […]

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British Cycling, General News, News - April 29, 2021