Richard Lake – Another A Big Year Lies Ahead – 2023

From ultra-races, bikepacking adventures and audax events, 2023 is sure to be another action-packed year of discovery and endurance.

March

25th – Bomber County

200km audax, Carlton-le-Moorland, Lincolnshire

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April

15th – To The Chapel

300km audax, Alfreton, Nottinghamshire

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April

22nd – Dirty Reiver

200km gravel race around Kielder, Northumberland

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May

6th – A little bit of everything

600km audax, Aberystwyth, Wales

 

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May

26th – All Points North

1000km road race, Sheffield South Yorkshire

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May

19th – Aberdaron

400km audax, Nantwich, Cheshire

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June

1st – Great British Escapades

480km off-road race, Canterbury, Kent

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June

10th – Pendle 600

600km audax, 10,000+ metres of climbing!

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June

24th – Lincolnshire Border Ride

560km charity road-ride, Louth, Lincolnshire

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July

2nd – The Pan Celtic Ultra

2300km road race, St Malo, France

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August

20th – Paris-Brest-Paris

1200km audax, Rambouillet, France

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2023 Goals

I have a few personal goals set for 2023 I’d like to share a few with you here and when I have some more I’ll update this page!

  • Goal 1 – Achieve over 100 Audax points.
  • Goal 2 – Ride PBP underneath 70 hours.
  • Goal 3 – Finish the Pan Celtic Race!
  • Goal 4 – Ride no less than 2x 700 Audax DIYs.
  • Goal 5 – Survive Great British Escapades!
  • Goal 6 – Ride All Points North.
  • Goal 7 – Complete the Transpennine Trail – again!
  • Goal 8 – Go on at least two epic UK off-road routes. Possibly the North Yorkshire Moors RambleFurther East or even The Old Chalk Way.

Lifetime Achievements

From ultra races, bikepacking adventures to randonneuring and time trials, I’ve tried lots of cool stuff!

  • Transcontinental Race No.8 – 2022 Finisher
  • Race Around the Netherlands – 2022 Finisher
  • Everesting Challenge – Tetford, Lincolnshire – 2021
  • LEJOG – 2020
  • Paris-Brest-Paris – 2019
  • Randonneur R10000 Award / 10,000km – 2019
  • Randonneur +100 Points Award – 2019
  • 24hr individual Time Trial – 495km – 2019