CW5000 2023 Finishers club

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

John Jackson
Date completed: August 6

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

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

Jason Hughes
Date completed: Nov 25

Phil Ward
Date completed: Nov 26

Neil Mitchell
Date completed: Nov 29

Howard Smith
Date completed: Dec 1

Raymond Nicholls
Date completed: Dec 3

Steve Blackett
Date completed: Dec 3

Paul Lingwood
Date completed: Dec 10
Completed the CW5000 four years running

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

Nick Sunley
Completed the challenge for the fourth year

Andrew Baylis

Lewis Taylor

Mark Jones

Robert Moody

Stephen Smith

Phil Hatton

John Lythgoe

Tim O'Neill

David Reid

Mark Hogg

Adrian Elliott

John Fickling