Coast 2 Coast in 24

Kent Valley member Andrew Tanner yesterday took on the width of Great Britain and all that she had to throw at him in the Coast 2 Coast in 24.

The grand depart from Seascale on the West Coast of Cumbria at 6am

marked a step into history and the unkown for the riders with many challenges and twists that lay ahead of the riders.
The exciting adventure across Britain led the team through many hidden fantastic gems which many people can only dream of riding.
The team pacing themselves and plenty of food coupled with the strong will to succeeded the heroic team rolled into the East coast town of Whitby at 20:10 GMT.

Congratulations to Andrew and the team from Kendal Tri Club on what is a fantastic achievement.

KVRC Open 10 & Charity 25

Records tumbled in our time trials weekend on the Levens courses.

Dave Allonby, riding for Preston's Springfield Financial, and Adam Hartley (PH-MAS) both averaged over 30mph in Saturday evening's Midsummer 10, sharing the spot with 19mins 31secs, while Adam broke Richard Handley's Noth Lancs Time Trials Association 2008 junior record by ten seconds.
Its was Dave's turn to be the record-breaker in Sunday morning's Edwin Howson Memorial 20 with his winning time of 20mins 39secs beating Gethin Butler's 2006 mark by 16 seconds; though not troubling Stephen Irwin's outright course best of 49min 30secs set last autumn.

Tim Bennett was Kent Valley's fastest riding in the 10, clocking 23:02 ahead of Glenn Howart on 23:42 while Campbell West led Kent Valley's charge in the 25 with 58:18 ahead of Phil Shaw on 58:42 and Andrew Barlow 59:32.

Proceeds from the weekend will help fund a cancer charity & North West Air Abulance. Well done organisers Tim Bennett & Peter Knott and all who helped stage two cracking KVRC open events.

Richard B

Better Late Than Never

Today's club run or the better late than never headed out at a slightly later time of 11am from Kendal Leisure Centre, due to club members marshaling at the Kent Valley charity 25m ITT at Levens.
The small team headed out as always with all club runs at a sociable pace towards Sedgewick on the outskirts of Kendal.
Drawn by the quiet back roads of Levens and Witherslack the team buzzed their way towards the picturesque vibrant village of Cartmel.
Cartmel is a must for anyone from outside the area with it top class restaurants and its country pubs away from the hustle and bustle of the more well known areas of the Lake District, some may say a more romantic area.
Time crunched and with the impending rain the team threaded their way homeward bound over rolling roads of High Newton towards the Lyth Valley and Kendal.

Jungle Cafe TT

This Wednesdays round in the club time trial championships took place on part of the KVRC classic Shap & Back Hill climb.
Albeit the slightly shorter version called the Jungle Cafe which turns at the former Jungle Cafe services and retraces its way back to Kendal.
This circuit used to be part of the Monday evening series but has been included this year into the Wednesday series.
Tonight field from across the local area were treated to warm dry conditions, making for a good evening time trialing with Junior George Wharton taking the honours
 Next weeks round headed's back to the Milnthorpe 10 circuit please check website for further details

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200 KM Audax

Kent Valley's third installment of the Audax series took place today in perfect conditions warm sunshine blue skies which some people would say is a ride of dreams.
An excellent turn out for the 200km or 129 mile Audax style ride through the spectacular scenery of the Lake District & Eden Valley Countryside.
The Audax route with its overall 7500ft of ascent took in along the way some amazing lesser known roads and parts of the W2W & C2C routes, whilst avoiding the major passes of the Lakes.
Thanks again Kendal Rugby club and to everyone who helped making today's Audax successful.

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Feel the Heat...

Tonight's KVRC time trial visited the classic course of  Levens which always attracts a strong field of riders.
 With thirty seven riders from across the north west and 24 deg plus of warm almost windless conditions tonight racing was surely going to be electric.
George Wharton & Duncan Orme for KVRC put in excellent times and strong performances against a strong field.
The evenings honors eventually went to Jake Wright (Jun) of Identity Race Team with a fantastic time of 19:56 closely followed hot on his heels with 19:57 Richard Bickley of Border City Wheelers.

Thanks again to all riders and marshals & Time keepers

Fun in the Sun

Kent Valley Sunday club runs don't get much better than this if you closed your eyes one could almost have been fooled into thinking of Continental Europe. 

25 degrees + accompanied by warm light winds made for the an excellent turn out as it would have been rude to miss out.

Leaving Kendal Leisure Centre at the new time 8am the KVRC run headed out over towards the Howgill fells and Tebay, before twisting their way through the quite less frequented roads towards the excellent cafe stop in Sedbrugh.

Fueled refreshed the KVRC club run rolled its way through sleepy Gawthrop towards the cheeky but superb Barbon ascent to the picturesque valley of Barbondale which after a rest and cafe stop opened the lungs again.

Thanks again to everyone and remember 8am next Sunday

Ultra Classic

The ultra classic and the third round of the Inter Club hilly time trial took place this evening on the premier calendar course the Circuit of Coniston.

The warm temperatures and busy villages that surround Coniston Water coupled with the challenging circuit gave a distinct European atmosphere. 

The ultra classic course itself starts  near the excellent local pub the Red Lion before heading up the East Side of Coniston Water.

With the challenging lumpy & rough side of the course under the wheels the circuit headed's through the beautiful S.Lakes Village of Coniston before threading it way back to the start on the West Side of the Lake.

Kent Valley Riders all put in excellent performances overall to secure more points towards retaining the 2015 Inter Club trophy.