May 4, 2020
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MTB
By
Barry Kemp
Last week looked like a busy one with people dismissing the brief rain showers and still getting out for rides. I definitely knocked a few rides on the head because of predicted rain only to see that it never materialised and the chance was gone. ...
May 1, 2020
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MTB
By
Barry Kemp
Rich Rothwell is a familiar face at Cold Brew Events mountain bike endurance races. He took part in the events from the early days, including the infamously tough Clennel Colossus. Legend has it, he rode 30 miles to the start, won the race, and then...
April 30, 2020
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Running
By
Barry Kemp
In these strange tines of sitting at home and staring at walls it is hard to project our minds in to the future and imagine getting out on to the trails. There are faint glimmers of hope that a reduction of isolation measures may be...
April 29, 2020
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MTB
By
Barry Kemp
In 2019 ourselves and NDH organised a new event in the downhill calendar called The Descendant. This was a 3 stage enduro that would stick in the memory for all the right reasons. Of the three stages there were two which linked up various bits...
April 27, 2020
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Running
By
Barry Kemp
How did the Cheviot Goat come about? What crazy night of drinking spurred on such a mad hatter of an ultra run? As with most things it was an idea percolate and developed over time. A series of incremental steps of people learning their craft,...
We're delighted to announce that we have created a Cold Brew Events Strava club. The clubs need to be categorised by activity type so this one is for cycling with a running one coming soon. For those of us on Strava we can see how...
April 25, 2020
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MTB
By
Barry Kemp
The Chiller has seen its fair share of heroic rides over the years. The course is a series of rises and falls with some steady, some technical and others just downright nasty. Throw in some smatterings of heavy snow, driving rain and the occasional bout...
That rush of wind on your face. The sound of rain as it starts to pitter patter against your waterproof top. A glimpse of a sunbeam cutting through the sky as you gaze at another beautiful sunrise from on high. With the onset of enforced...
March 11, 2020
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Running
By
Barry Kemp
2020 was a snow filled night for the Duergar Nightcrawler runners as storm Jorge came blowing in and causing chaos to the region. This meant that the route had to be altered to avoid the possibility of high winds bringing trees down and ruining someones...
March 11, 2020
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Road Cycling
By
Barry Kemp
There's a month to go until the Pedalling Squares MOD Rocker sportive sets off from Alwinton. We thought we'd take the chance to look ahead at this ride through the central fells of Northumberland National Park. The Otterburn ranges are only open for a short...