hired bikes we could find and (of course) wearing utterly inappropriate gear, we notched up miles traversing Brittany. And whilst the views were admittedly spectacular, it took some time to be able to walk again without wincing in pain or looking like a
while later, freshly attired in a branded jersey and suitably hydrated, I was nervously clicking my way across the pit of the track towards my brakeless (gulp) fixed-gear bike.Joining me on the mission were a handful of journalists along
which canters through traffic free country lanes, woodland paths, freshly ploughed fields and a canal towpath. Beginners can opt for the 5k fun run or push it up a gear with the 10k option. Railway bridges and stiles make it hard to get a PB
John Fraser 10 (Leicester, September 4)If you've got your eye on an autumn half-marathon, take on this undulating ten-miler to get your legs into gear. Chase over virtually traffic-free lanes in the Leicestershire countryside, with a few climbs
