Yay! The National 400 is in the Calendar - it runs on the 26th July and has an opening date for entries from the 1st March. I'm really looking forward to this, not least because it is starting from All Saints Academy in Ingleby Barwick, a mere 1km from my home. This is the location we ran the 50km Tees & Cake, the 100km Keep to the Roads! and the 200km Ralph Cross from last year. The National 400 is being organised by the mighty VC167!
We had a load of local cyclists come along for the 100km and 200km events. Approx 75% of the riders were not AUK members for my events, but local cyclists keen to try some Audaxing. I'm going to launch a promotional campaign locally and see if we can get people interested in riding a 400km event... I know it is a big ask for those who've not ridden further than 200km, but the route looks totally stunning. VC167 are promising a dawn descent from Yad Moss, which is perfect, looking out across the Northeast of England towards the coast and hopefully a clear sunrise over the North Yorkshire Moors in the distance.
Do I sound excited? It is already in my calendar and I'm going to sign up on the 1st March.
Climbing out of Alston behind Bikey-Mikey on the excellent "Old 240"
Climbing Yad Moss
The view from the top of Yad Moss down Teesdale to the Cleveland Hills on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors in the distance.
