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For those of us who will only ever aspire to running a single marathon, spare a thought for William Sichel, one of our sponsored athletes. William is a multiple world record holder and one of the UK's most successful ultra distance runners. He's taking part shortly in the 3100 mile (that's not a missprint!) Sri Chinmoy Ultra Marathon, where competitors must average 59.6 miles a day for 52 days straight to finish. That's some race! William took part in 2014 and is still the only British person to …

We have just taken delivery of lots of new (2017) Uvex models. Uvex are made in Germany. A large company (over 1000 employees) they are, like many German manufacturers, still family owned, taking huge pride in the quality of their products. They also support hundreds of athletes worldwide. The styling is superb and both the frames and lenses are first class. And compared to some other big eyewear brands they are not expensive - really good value money.Click here to see them. …

We have been alerted to an article in Cycling Weekly which makes sobering reading. Club rider Jamie Maidment was racing in the Alan Rosner Memorial Races at Hog Hill on Easter Monday when he crashed heavily, landing on his face.This would be a nasty crash in any circumstances, but as Maidment wrote on Twitter, his choice of eyewear made his injuries particularly bad. Reluctant to race in and potentially break one of the genuine pairs of Oakley sunglasses that he owned, Maidment decided to go onl …