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How to make a Yorkshirewoman suffer

ABBY MAE PARKINSON

This year I kicked off my 23rd birthday with a travel day through Italy by train and car to the Strade Bianche. Not something I thought I would ever say since the race is usually scheduled in March. We knew running on 1 August it had the potential to be very hot but boy it was an absolute scorcher.

Normally, every year prior to this, we are up at 5:30am to eat breakfast before we kick off

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