After getting interested in endurance sport in his 20s, Darrell Bradshaw picked up a knee problem that curtailed his cycling for several years. Later, he switched to running and dabbled in triathlon, until an assignment abroad, working as a project manager installing fibre-optic cable in Russia, obliged a 3.5-year hiatus. However, in 2009 he returned to cycling and, realising his knee was holding up well, began training for sportives and veteran road races. Now 60, he wants to up the ante and get more competitive.
How did you first get interested in endurance sport?
At school I ran cross country, making the borough team, and continued to run to keep fit up to my early 50s. I always preferred cycling, and in my 20s harboured ideas of joining a club…
