Yesterday the Cookham Regatta took place under leaden skies more like a November day than the 6th of September! 
This year the Cookham Challenge involved Dragon Boat racing, Canadian Canoe Cats, volleyball, tug of war and the "silly walk" race (4 man skis)
The David Lloyd Vikings were put together Emma Buckland initially from the staff [...]

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So it came down to our Achilles heal, the Canadian canoes.  I was asked not to steer and instead had a chance at redemption by paddling.  The scene was set a showdown for the Challenge Cup between the Vikings and NEC….  The crew got into the boat early and practiced steering and paddling in straight [...]

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The karts were brought together on a rainy Sunday morning to be inspected and given race numbers.  Not all the karts could be there as some are still being made!
But there was an interesting collection including a battle tank, complete with rotating turret and water cannon!  (Unfortunately the paint was not waterproof and so it [...]

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The kart that I we have been building is almost finished.  It is looking good.  Now we need to pump up the sponsorship: go to www.justgiving.com/porteurandmike please give just a little and we will stand a chance of making our target of £10,000 for the air ambulance.
The kart is here:

 
Now all we need to [...]

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I have found a great image of Zach during his race at Goodwood.

Here is Zach mixing it up with the other racers. 

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Thanks to London Speed Skaters for these images.

I am in the red on the left.

Taking a quick drink and rest from the paceline that I was following on lap 7 & 8.
I was happy with my result, finishing 32nd in a time of 1hr 55min 20.3 sec.  My times were reasonably consistent.
Lap 1: 08:23.7  [...]

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Yesterday I completed the Goodwood Roller Marathon - 11 laps of the Goodwood Motor Racing circuit 26.62 miles.  After this weeks really bad weather we were glad that it was dry.  The strong wind didn’t help much, especially as it was blowing straight down the hill!
Zach and his cousin Matthew took part in the Mini [...]

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The heat is being turned up in the Cookham Dean Gravity Grand Prix.  There are going to be in excess of 30 entries and a number of the carts are going to be dressed up in very original ways.  One of the entries, Gone like the wind is a very large can of beans!
 
The [...]

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11 laps of the track on inline skates.   26.62 miles, which should take about 1 hr 45 min.  I have some new K2 skate with 110mm wheels which will make it a bit quicker than normal!

At this time there are another 224 competitors, which should make for an interesting day out.
So if you would like [...]

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