Viceroys new breed of ‘Super Cyclists’ race at weekends too – ditching the swimming and the running for pure speed, we tracked down Kevin Argent to find out  a little more about what cycle racing involves… and much is still a mystery. Although you may have asked, “What distance do you ride Kevin?” or, “How far was your race?” this remains an unknown as he just tells us about the adrenaline rushes and good bits from his weekend race at the Hillingdon/ Surrey closed course summer championships :

‘After last week’s reckless riding from other racers I wanted to make sure I was either in the break away or at least in the very front come the last 300 meters! So this week I stayed in the middle to front of the peloton for most of the hour only dropping back to talk to the other guys from Nunns London and talk “tactics” . When the hour came round I was feeling fresh and fast but found that I lost touch with the lead group so the best I could hope for was 5th? With the 5 lap board out it was all to play for and I sat inside the top 15 and played safe.   Continue reading →

Alan ‘Clarkie’ Clark has wowed his fellow Viceroys this season as he has took the club championship’s Vets’Swim, Vets Bike title and made it to the Euros –  amongst other accolades, but how did he do at Hyde Park, racing for his country against the best in the world?
‘Grand weekend away at the world finals.

When I first thought of having a crack at qualifying last year I thought I’d stand a good chance of getting a place and looking at previous results thought I’d do rather well if I got in. This proved to be totally misguided as every lycra clad 45 something in my age group clambered for a chance to race in GB spandex in front of their friends, family and any other random person who made the mistake of asking what they did in their spare time. Continue reading →