Southampton University to host cycling speakers night
Speakers at November 6 event to include endurance man Mike Cotty
Cycling fans on the south coast will have the opportunity to hear from the man who cycled across the Alps without rest.
Southampton University Road Cycling Club (SURC) are hosting an evening of cycling speakers on Thursday (November 6) including endurance-man Mike Cotty, who pedalled 666 kilometres over the Alpine peaks in 2013 and then 1,000km this year across the Dolomites, Eastern Alps and Swiss Alps.
The evening is being held to inspire and educate. SURC say, “Mike knows how to set and beat goals and he has mastered his body's physical ability, he understands that the lessons he has learnt on the bike have a wider meaning in life and that there's no substitute for plain hard work."
Also speaking is local cycling shop owner and expert bike fitter Garth Kruger of Vankru Cycling. Liam Glen, a Dave Rayner Funded rider who has spent this summer in Belgium, will also be discussing his year racing in Flanders.
Tickets are available here and are priced at £4 for adults and £2 for concessions.
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A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and feature writing across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013.
Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in a number of places, but mostly in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains.
He lives in Valencia, Spain.
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