When is 3 peaks challenge 2011

What an epic ride, and well done on achieving your goal! What time do you finish the ride? Did you have the police asking you to get off the road? Great to see you achieved your goal, and a great report as aways.

Have you been on the bike since?! Thanks Sean. Nope, had a quiet weekend last weekend. Keen to get back out next weekend though. I have been looking forward to reading your account of the ride after seeing your tweet that you had finished the ride. Your average speed was impressive- it is really hard riding needed to keep the average up in such hilly country.

Your account of your ride, and others I have read, are an inspiration to me to attempt this route. But I have to say I have yet to find a description of the Back of Falls which inspires in me anything other foreboding! Hi David. After that it undulates a lot more. I found it useful to just break it up into sections — aim for the next pole, the next corner etc.

That seemed to help. Thanks again for reading and getting in touch. Awesome report Matt and well done!! Truly a massive effort for anyone. I guess you could have drank the air up hotham. Maybe you are right though, I should have just opened my water bottle and captured the fog up Hotham. Well done Matt. I too cannot stand the hyper-sugar involved in energy bars and gels. At about the half way mark of the km alpine classic this year I was opting to not eat anymore of these and instead going for the bananas, sticky rice stuff and fruit rolls on offer.

But all I really wanted was a nice sandwich or some chips, anything savoury really. I was desperate for something savoury as well, anything really. Something other than the chewy, sugary consistency of those energy bars! Matt An awesome effort, well done. Many thanks too for the time you have put into your inspirational website. Like you I was also there at the back of the pack at the start. It was my first attempt at the 3Peaks, and…well I almost did it. Made it to the last checkpoint at Trapyard Gap just as the coppers decided they wanted their road back, only 2o-odd kms short!

A little disappointing having put the hardest work behind me to that point but still very satisfied with my efforts nonetheless. Next challenge is both Etape du Tour events in France in July. Hi Ant. That sounds incredibly frustrating about the police taking back the road — did anyone refuse? I know I would have been extremely disappointed. Alan McArthur Alan's page. Anja Boyce Anja's plea.

David Brown David's page. Jennifer Such Jenn's page. Katya Chausheva Katya's page. Peter Allen Pete's 3-Peaks page. Mr Crandon said: "The family of Rose May Storrie were personal friends of Hannah's dad and lived in the same village in Grantham so it is very personal to us both. The home provides a safe place for girls left orphaned by the Asian Tsunami and re-unites separated sisters who are then cared for by live-in house parents. Mr Crandon said: "To be able to volunteer to teach orphans valuable skills that will help them in their life will be a wonderful experience.

I suspect Hotham would be considered a HC climb. I had many ups and downs and was contemplating pulling out half way up Hotham yes, the easy part! Fortunately there was a dry set of clothes and some real food waiting at Dinner Plain so I decided to go for the more immediate gratification.

Mt Hotham can be demoralising. The final climb in the 3 Peaks is Falls Creek. It hits you like a sucker punch in the face. The climb up Tawonga Gap — Image by www. The climb up Mt Hotham. Nick Mitchell crushed the km course in less than 8hrs! Image by www. My ride details of the 3 Peaks Challenge on Strava.