UK’S HARDEST 100 MILE CYCLING SPORTIVE!

EPISODE #39
I’m off on yet another adventure… but this time it’s not for pleasure! Quite the opposite in fact, this one will be very painful! I’m taking on a savage cycling sportive that’s not for the faint hearted…
Now according to the company UK’s Hardest Hundred, this is one of, if not the hardest 100 mile routes in the UK… and I must admit, after completing this ride… I don’t disagree with them.
The route is actually just shy of 100 miles but it manages to rack up over 12,000 feet of elevation in that distance. It’s an absolute suffer-fest! But that sense of achievement at the end just makes it all worth it.
See how I get on tackling this brute of a route in the wonderful Peak District… The hills are immense and the views, well… they’re quite simply breath taking!

Here’s the link to the Strava data:
https://www.strava.com/activities/6961110035/segments/2948276981259434686
And the route if you want to give this one a go yourself:
https://www.strava.com/routes/2946740981418656530
Here’s a link to the UK’s Hardest Hundred site:
https://hardesthundred.com/
Here’s a link to Mr. Pritchard’s Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheChrisPritchardShow

00:00 – INTRO
00:41 – THE DAY BEFORE
01:57 – BRIGHT AND EARLY!
02:49 – THE ROUTE…
03:51 – STARTLINE!
04:25 – LET GO!!!
09:06 – PRACTICING…
13:21 – TOP OF THE WORLD!
13:14 – THE FINAL LEG
14:22 – THE BEST UK ROADS?
17:57 – WINNATS PASS!
19:39 – DETERMINATION!
22:49 – OUTRO

I’d like to hear what you think, if you have any suggestions or if there’s something particular you’d like to see… maybe you could even set me a challenge to complete? Hit me up in the comments…

Anyways… Thanks for watching, lots more to come!
Thomas “The Cycling Tattooist.”

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Film & Editing: Thomas Martinez.
Intro Music: Press 1, Lukas Got Lucky.
Intro Film & Editing: Joe Simkins, Karl Kolecava.
Featured Music:
Sarah, the Illstrumentalist – Early Dinners
Daniel Fridell – Drizzle in Da Hizzle
Dylan Sitts – Twenty Five