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<p><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>The South Downs Way </strong>is a </span><a title="Long distance footpath" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_distance_footpath"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; mso-themecolor: text1; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">long distance footpath</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> and </span><a title="Bridleway" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridleway"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; mso-themecolor: text1; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">bridleway</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> running along the </span><a title="South Downs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Downs"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; mso-themecolor: text1; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">South Downs</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> in southern </span><a title="England" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; mso-themecolor: text1; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">England</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;">. The off road trail runs for 100miles from </span><a title="Winchester, Hampshire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester,_Hampshire"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; mso-themecolor: text1; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">Winchester</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> in </span><a title="Hampshire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; mso-themecolor: text1; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hampshire</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;">, to </span><a title="Eastbourne" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastbourne"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; mso-themecolor: text1; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eastbourne</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> in </span><a title="East Sussex" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Sussex"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; mso-themecolor: text1; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">East Sussex</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> with about 13,620 ft of ascent and descent. My plan is to complete a <strong>double </strong>traverse of the South Downs Way on a mountain bike, covering the 200miles and 26000ft of ascent in 24hours. The date is set for the 31st of July 2011, so training commenced yesterday!</span></span></p>
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