Tejvan Pettinger

About the author:

Tejvan organises short-distance running and cycling races for the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team in his home city of Oxford. He is also a very good cyclist, having won the National hill climb championships in 2013 and finished 3rd in the National 100 Mile Time Trials in 2014.

Tejvan Pettinger rides for Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team. He won National hill climb championship in 2013 and finished 2nd in National 12 hour TT 2016 (284 miles).

Cycling career.

Otley CC 1991-94 - long social rides in Yorkshire Dales. First race in 1993 Otley CC hill climb
Oxford University CC 1994-97 - Member, but no racing.
Oxonian CC 2004-06 - First time trials. Finished 4th in National 100 mile TT at first attempt 2005
Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team 2006 -

After joining the Sri Chinmoy centre in 1999 I tried running for a while, but a knee injury encouraged me to return to the bike. By 2004 I started racing for a local club Oxonians CC. My first race was a 10 mile TT, I finished 4th in a time of 24.12.

My first season of racing was encouraging and so at the end of the year a friend in the Sri Chinmoy Centre suggested setting up the Sri Chinmoy CT in the UK and so since Jan 2005 I have been racing for Sri Chinmoy CT. During 2005 I have won quite a few events. and also had a 3rd Place in a National Time Trials Series and 4th in the National 100. I won the National Hill Climb Championships in 2013 and finished second in the UK 12 Hour Championships in 2016.

As a student of Sri Chinmoy, meditation is an important and integral part of my life. However as well as meditation Sri Chinmoy emphasises physical fitness as being beneficial for a spiritual life. Therefore Sri Chinmoy encourages activities such as running and cycling. As well as cycling I help to organise running races at Cutteslowe Park in Oxford.

Tejvan Pettinger at start of 2013 National Hill climb championship

Results

2013 - National Hill climb championship - 1st
2016 - National 12 hour TT - 2nd (284 miles)
2014 - National 100 mile TT - 3rd
2015 - British Time Trial Championship - 7th.
2005 - National 100 Mile TT - 4th
2010 - National HC championship - 4th

Newspaper articles

Famous Last words – Cycling Weekly 2012
Storming up the Stang.pdf – Cycling Weekly Oct 31st 2013.
Return ascender – Cycling Weekly Oct 2014
Uphill Struggle – Oxford Today 27 November, 2013
Velo UK – Interview October 2013

Articles by Tejvan on Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team site

Personal bests

10 miles – 00:19:02 (10/08/13) V718 – winner M.Hutchinson 18.30 – 31.5 mph
25 miles – 49:11 (14/08/11) H25/8 – winner Me (results) – average speed 30.2 mph
50 miles – 1.39.36 (28/06/14) B50/6 (BDCA) – winner. M.Bottrill 1.35 – average speed 30.1 mph
100 miles – 3:34:17 (22/06/14) E2/100 – ECCA 100 – winner me – average speed – 28.0 mph
12 hour – 284 miles (26/06/16) R Welsh course

Photos

Hill climbs

Total hill climbs

66 wins out of 110 hill climbs

1st place in Open Hill Climbs

1993 – 0 out of 2
1994 – 0 out of 1
2004 – 1 out of 9
2005 – 1 out of 9
2006 – 1 out of 4
2007 – 1 out of 2
2008 – 1 out of 2
2009 – 2 out of 5 (1* CR)
2010 – 7 / 10 (1* CR)
2011 – 10 / 11 (3* CR)
2012 – 11/ 13 (5 * CR)
2013 – 12/13 (7 * CR)
2014 – 14/17 (8* CR)
2015 – 5/12 (1* CR)

Results in National hill climb championship

2005 – 11th – The Rake, Lancashire. Winner – Ben Greenwood
2006 – 7th – Devon Winner – James Dobbin.
2007 – 7th – Cheddar Gorge. Winner – James Dobbin.
2008 – 14th – Matlock, Derbyshire. – Winner – Matt Clinton
2009 – 12th – Halifax – Pea Royd Lane — Winner – Dan Fleeman
2010 – 4th – Dovers Hill, Gloucestershire – Winner – Dan Fleeman
2011 – 5th – Long Hill, Buxton. Winner – Gunnar Gronlund
2012 – 12th – Rake – winner – Jack Puller
2013 – 1st – The Stang – Ferryhill Wheelers – winner – T.Pettinger
2014 – 4th – Pea Royd Lane – winner Dan Evans
2015 – 6th – Jackson Bridge – winner Richard Bussell.
2016 - 41st - Bank Road, Matlock

Links

More about Tejvan - tejvan.co.uk

About our members - more articles

About the author:

Members of the Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team race in different parts of the world, such as US, UK, Slovenia, Macedonia and Australia. Many of our cyclists are also triathletes, competing in Ironmans.

Tejvan has been competing in UK time trials for the past 2 years.

His best results include

4th in the UK National 100 mile Championship (2005)
10th in the British Time Trial Championship (2010)
National Hill Climb Champion 2013
2nd place, UK 12 hour championship (2016)

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Ashrita Furman

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In this photo, Ashrita is setting the Guinness World Record for furthest distance cycled underwater! Ashrita took three hours to cycle three kilometres and 37 metres. (GWR)

In 1978, Ashrita cycled 405 miles during the Pepsi 24 hour cycle challenge around Central Park. This distance was achieved despite only starting to train a few months before, and inspired him to go out and break Guinness World Records to show the power of meditation and spirituality. He finished 3rd in the race.

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Sri Chinmoy Cycling Challenge

Every June, our members from all around the world aim to cycle thousands of miles just for the joy of it - participating in races, cycling from one part of the country to another, or simply enjoy a cycling challenge with friends.

In 2016, a record number of people participated in a variety of different cycle events from the Belgrade Triathlon to extreme mountain triathlons in Slovakia and Czech Republic.

UK Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team

In the UK, our members participate in many races, as well as organising cycle races, triathlons and duathlons. Tejvan Pettinger has enjoyed considerable success in domestic UK races, including winning the National Hill climb championship in 2013.

Our members also include Dave Johnson from Cambridge (right), winner of the 2014 Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Triathlon in Portishead., Vilas Silverton, and Garga Chamberlain who organises many of our races, and triathlons around the Bristol area.

Italian Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team

Members of the Italian Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team out for a ride from Rome.

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About the author:

The Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team have members from all around the world. Members compete in both races and social bike rides. They are also involved in organising triathlons and other types of races, including time trials in the UK.

One of the principles behind the Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team is to aim for the concept of self-transcendence - the effort to transcend previous bests - though both physical, mental and spiritual endeavours.

Sri Chinmoy in 24 hour challenge

Sri Chinmoy is a spiritual teacher who advocates physical fitness as a means to self-improvement. In an article 'On the significance of cycling' he notes that: "While we are cycling, we are reminding ourselves of evolution, of how the world is evolving in cycles." - and this evolution is part of the long process of individual self-transcendence and self-discovery.

In the 1970s, many members of the Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team participated in the 'Pepsi' 24 hour bike races around Central Park, New York, including team founder - Sri Chinmoy. With 197 entrants, they were the largest team, logging 38,605 miles in total. In the mens event, Ashrita Furman finished 3rd with 405 miles (on little training). In 1978 Pragati won the womens event.

In recent years, members have taken part in a popular 'Sri Chinmoy Cycling Challenge' during the month of June, which involves cycling as many miles as participants can. Members have also taken part in several races - both on the road and triathlons.

In the UK, Tejvan Pettinger has had success in domestic UK time trials, including winning the National HIll Climb Championship 2013 ,and 2nd place in national 12 hour TT (284 miles).

Members of Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team