CW5000 2023 Finishers club
Get your name on the list by riding 5,000 miles


Catherine Allen was the first rider to complete the CW5000 challenge in 2023. She has regularly been one of our first finishers but this year took the honours by some distance and hit the target two days earlier than 2022. Allen, a former competitive marathon runner, is up and on her turbo early every morning before work and regularly clocks up big miles.
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Who else has completed our 5,000 mile challenge this year, and when did they do it by? Scroll down through the 2022 finishers list and find out. Every rider listed below has signed up to the CW5000 and sent proof of their mileage. If you have completed the challenge and want to see your name on the list, email us at cycling@futurenet.com.
We'll need to see proof of your mileage, which can be a screen grab of your Strava profile or other ride logging site. We just need to be able see your name and the total mileage on the screen shot. Spreadsheets, training diaries and CW Mileage charts are also accepted. If you know the date you finished, include that in your email.
1st Catherine Allen
Date completed: February 24
2nd Nick Anderson
Date completed: April 2
3rd Lonnie Maddox
Date completed: April 10
4th Michael Padwick
Date completed: April 15
5th Martin Power
Date completed: May 27
6th Dave Cox
Date completed: June 1
7th Tom Niersbach
Date completed: June 2
8th Michael Owen
Date completed: June 7
9th Alastair Flood
Date completed: June 9
10th Ian Jackson
Date completed: June 11
David Smith
Date completed: June 13
Kevin Palmer
Date completed: June 13
John Binczyk
Date completed: June 16
Steve Milner
Date completed: June 18
Mileage hit part way round the Dragon Ride. All miles outdoors, 200,000ft of elevation gained and 16 century rides
Robert Welham
Date completed: July 5
Steve Rough
Date completed: July 9
Danny Howard
Date completed: July 12
Donald Pearce
Date completed: July 23
Ian Reynolds
Date completed: July 31
Giles Borton
Date completed: August 3
Jake Lunt
Date completed: August 9
Gari Jones
Date completed: August 10
Alex Graham
Date completed: August 12 (Now completed the challenge four times)
Gavin Finch
Date completed: August 19
Mark Swanson
Date completed: August 20
Andy Morris
Date completed: August 22
Jeremy Ott
Date completed: August 23
Matt Nunziato
Date completed: August 25
Robert Dalzell
Date completed: August 26
Peter Bevan
Date completed: August 30
Steve Dickinson
Date completed: August 30
Chris Baird
Date completed: August 31
Gareth Olley
Date completed: September 2
Stacey Larkin
Date completed: September 3
Mark Pritchard
Date completed: September 3
Neil Withnell
Date completed: September 3
Ian Smith
Date completed: September 7
10,000 mile hall of fame
Michael Padwick
Lonnie Maddox
Martin Power
Nick Anderson
Michael Owen
John Binczyk
Dave Cox
Chris Ronan
Date completed: Sept 12
Martin Carr
Date completed: Sept 13
Ian Whitehouse
Date completed: Sept 13
Alison Matthews
Date completed: Sept 14
Graham Hughes
Date completed: Sept 17
John Young III
Date completed: Sept 18
Dr Steven Hornstein
Date completed: Sept 27
Geoff Hartley
Date completed: Oct 1
John Lunt
Date completed: Oct 6
Richard Ellis
Date completed: Oct 14
Andy Hopper
Date completed: Oct 15
John Blair
Date completed: Oct 15
Elaine Scott
Date completed: Oct 18
Shaun Hildebrandt
Date completed: Oct 19
Tim Banks
Date completed: Oct 22
Gordon Reid
Date completed: Oct 22
Mark Marsden
Date completed: Oct 23
Ian Miller
Date completed: Oct 29
Now completed the challenge four years running
Gernot Sauter
Date completed: Nov 1
Carolyn Taylor
Date completed: Nov 4
James Munson
Date completed: Nov 5
George Corbet
Date completed: Nov 5
David Holland
Date completed: Nov 5
Sebastian Witek
Date completed: Nov 8
Peter Farnley
Date completed: Nov 9
Jacquie Wright
Date completed: Nov 14
Iain Clark
Date completed: Nov 15
Ross Brennan
Date completed: Nov 19
Mohammed Bashiru
Date completed: Nov 19
Gregor Stewart
Date completed: Nov 22
Noe Paramo
Date completed: Nov 23
David Oakes
Date completed: Nov 24
Now completed the challenge four years running
Padraic Gallagher
Date completed: Nov 24
Phil Ward
Date completed: Nov 26
Keith Scott
Ivan Dawes
Mark Diesel
Michael Owen
David Renfree
Adrian Lauchlan
Andrew Bell
Bernie Walsh
Paul McDougall
Rob Phillips
Andy Cartlidge
Steve Cockram
Martin Holmes
Mark Byrne
Andrew Luck
Liv Fitz-Poole
Robert Wells
Bernie Walsh
Guy Hatton
Dave Thirlwell
Paul Whitelock
Jason Taylor
Spencer Moret
Gary Boothroyd
Mary Boothroyd
Andy Gaul
Mark Welch
Peter Robinson
Hannah Cockerill
Giles Cudmore
"Hit the finish outside a sewage pumping station"
Terry Belbin
Ben King
All miles ridden off road
Chris Dauris
Joel Mason
Andy Hutchings
Reached the milestone part way up Sa Calobra
Mark Gilburt
Harry Taylor
Mark Smith
Paul Weaver
Roger Allen
Paul Harrison
Trish Harrison
John Pearce
Bernard Crossley
Neil Coultas
Justin Bush
Charlie Grantham
Andy Brock
John Makonnen
David Parker
Piers Newson-Smith
Rory Leiper
Les Buist
Jonathan Hill
Nigel Peacock
Steve Harris
Steve Boyd
Jane Hellier
David Hirt
Completed the challenge for the fourth year
Tom Macfarlane
Berry Puyk
Nita Kroninger
Ron Hreha
Jim Patton
Jim Wood
Paschal Tomlinson
Nick Paton
John Harvey
Kevin Simonds
Colin Whitehouse
Alan Williams
Ian Long
Mark Tonks
Dave Vallis
Robert Carter
Steve Bastin
Chris Reeve
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