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Home to roost – the 2025 3 Peaks cyclo-cross

Dave Haygarth — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:40:46 +0000

The annual blog posts I’ve done on this race are not quite countless (because I’m also meticulously counting events), but date back some time. If you told me in September 1995 that I’d be writing blog posts each year after the 3 Peaks to offload the event’s happenings, I’d have given you a funny look. …

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You can but Tri

Dave Haygarth — Thu, 15 May 2025 11:11:49 +0000

It was Lily’s fault. She decided to have a bit of a rebirth in autumn with her running, and entered the Manchester Marathon. She ticked that box with military precision at the end of April, with a brilliant and consistent run. The first Haygarth marathon completion, in this branch of the family. But before that …

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2024 – a race oddity

Dave Haygarth — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 16:16:35 +0000

I don’t really like to look back too often. Whilst we all tend to love a good remenisce, I try to focus on the future. Last year at this time, I was coming to the conclusion that I just needed to get on with the things I like doing – to walk the talk – …

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24 / heaven – the Three Peaks Cyclo-cross

Dave Haygarth — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 10:09:34 +0000

My 24th completion of the most wonderful cycle race in history and again a contented, warm, relieved and melancholy Dave is here to get his thoughts down before they blend into the myriad of complex memories of the previous 23. The race that keeps on giving. There ought to be nothing left to say that …

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The 2024 Gralloch – we go again

Dave Haygarth — Mon, 20 May 2024 10:02:58 +0000

My first, in fact, THE first Gralloch last year was fun. Big fun. But it felt like a bit of a learning exercise, and this year my firness was much better. I was excited, and, dare I say relaxed? I was just going to throw myself into it with all that I learned in 2023. …

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Krakow with Katie – another country, and a great time

Dave Haygarth — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:47:00 +0000

After so much goind on this spring, I feel spoilt. Spoilt to have so many things to do, and to have so many people to share them with, Flanders, France, Scotland… I’m a lucky man. The short but very sweet trip to Krakow was possibly the most surprising. It didn’t start well though. We sat …

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Lil and Dave Les Houches ski trip 2024

Dave Haygarth — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:47:26 +0000

Feeling like I fell on top of the ‘lucky git’ pile. It’s a long story, but I mentioned to Katie about a year ago that I felt that Elsie got a lot more of my time that Lily did, because of our shared love of cycling, and the trips that Elsie and I have made …

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Tabor and Prague – Czechking it out in style

Dave Haygarth — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:49:17 +0000

Winter weekend breaks don’t come in much better style than filling it with cyclo-cross fun…! Fantastic mad 48 hours covering so much in Prague and Tabor – for the World Cyclo-cross championships. All went swimmingly. It was considerably less cold than we’d thought, it stayed dry, and we had a lovely stay in the Esplanade …

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Another year in paradise

Dave Haygarth — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:53:11 +0000

Another lovely day in Buile Hill on Saturday brings the cyclo-cross season for me and Elsie to a close. The third year running that this event has been dry, fast, and the death-by-a-thousand-corners course finally gave me the ride I’d waited for here, with a sweet end to my cyclo-cross season riding the v50 and …

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Gralloched

Dave Haygarth — Tue, 23 May 2023 11:28:19 +0000

How apt. More on that later. A biggie This was the second year of the UCI Gravel series and the first time a round had been held in the UK. The Gralloch was going to be exciting, star-studded, and a proper decent race. That it took place 3 hrs drive from home was a luxury …

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