New Years 2026 Day Time Trial results

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TT Season Opener – Event Report

We were treated to a stroke of luck with the weather today, as riders enjoyed a bright, calm morning for the first time trial of the season. Despite the chilly 3.5°C start, the lack of wind made for excellent racing conditions, and 16 riders lined up to test their early‑season form.

It was especially encouraging to see so many younger riders taking part this year, adding great energy to the event. A handful opted for TT bikes, but the majority competed on road bikes—including the overall winner, Ben Allen of Lichfield CC, who set the fastest time of the day with an impressive 11:17.

A huge thank‑you goes to Alastair, Sue, Emma and Paul for organising and running the event, and to Nat and Richard for their work promoting the event and sharing the results.

Looking ahead, Stafford Road Club will be hosting an Open TT on the K48/10 course on Saturday 25th April. We’ll also be running a full series of club TTs throughout the year, with dates to be confirmed and published on the club website soon.

From everyone at Stafford Road Club, we wish you a fantastic 2026 and hope to see you at more of our TTs, sportives, and club rides as the year unfolds.

You can see a collection of photos taken on the day on Stafford RC Facebook page Facebook

🥇 1st – Ben Allen  – 11:17
🥈 2nd – Tom Callear  – 11:38
🥉 3rd – Alex Bayliss – 12:25

Full results:
4️⃣ Phillip Blackwell  – 12:44
5️⃣ Tim Evans – 12:47
6️⃣ Efren John  – 13:06
7️⃣ Sophie Anthony – 13:44
8️⃣ Ceri Evans  – 13:45
9️⃣ John Bough – 13:51
🔟 Ryan Young  – 14:40
1️⃣1️⃣ Lisa Ho – 14:47
1️⃣2️⃣ Steve Anthony – 14:58
1️⃣3️⃣ Paul Taylor – 15:29
1️⃣4️⃣ Rob Belcher – 15:47
1️⃣5️⃣ Richard Knowles – 16:47

🚴 Start 2026 on Two Wheels! 🎉 Stafford Road Club New Years Day 5 mile Time Trial

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Stafford Road Club warmly invites you to our annual New Year’s Day Time Trial!

When: 1st January 2026, 10:30am start

Where:  K7/5 course from Pottal Pool roundabout, A34 (5 miles south of Stafford)

Entry: Just £3 per rider

Sign-on: From 10:00am at the start

Age: 12 years and up – no upper limit! 😊

 

What better way to kick off the new year than with fresh air, good company, and a brilliant blast around our 5-mile course? Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first time, everyone is welcome!

For returning riders, it’s the perfect benchmark to measure your winter fitness. For newcomers, it’s a fantastic way to launch your cycling goals and New Year resolutions for 2026!

New Year’s Resolutions for Cyclists:

  • Ride faster
  • Get fitter
  • Improve your PB
  • Ride more consistently
  • Try a new discipline (like time trials!)
  • Join more group rides
  • Explore new routes
  • Complete your first sportive or event
  • Upgrade your bike handling skills
  • Make new cycling friends

 

See you at the start line! Let’s make 2026 your best cycling year yet! 🎊

 

Entries now open for the Reg Pearce Memorial 10 mile TT

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On Saturday 17th of May come and take part with some of the best riders in the region when they take on the K48/10 Open TT.

An out and back course from Weston to Stone with a few little lumpy bits along the way to make it a little more interesting.

Full details can be found on the Stafford RC webpage http://www.staffordrc.org/time-trials/stafford-road-club-open-10-mile-tt-17th-may-2025-reg-pearce-memorial/

and entries can be made via the CTT website LINK

New Year Day K7/5 results 2025

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4 intrepid riders produced some excellent performances today on Stafford Road Club New Years day 5 mile time trial.

The storm had past but riders still faced a strong head wind along the length of the course.

Fastest rider on the day was Michael Deakin who finished in 12:36 which given the conditions plus been on a road bike was a stela performance. Chris Evans (Stafford RC) came second 13:50 (TT bike), Sophie Anthony (Stafford RC, Road bike) and our only junior rider came 3rd with 15:35, just 20 seconds off last years time set in much friendly race conditions.  4th was Roger Morris (Stafford RC, Road bike) our older rider today (77yrs) finished with an impressive 16:30.

 

Thanks to Phil Peplow for helping at the finish, Paul Taylor for starting off riders, Seven Anthony and Kevin Curran for supplying the photos.

Stafford RC will be hosting a number of club TT events this year, date still TBC and one open event on the K48/10 on the 17th May 2025.  So we hope you can join us at some, if not all of these.

 

Well done once again to our riders today and from Stafford RC we would like to wish you all a very happy and healthy 2025.

 

Pictures below Sophie, Michael, Ceri, Sophie and Roger

Stafford Road Club 10 mile TT this wed 29th May

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K48/10 Weston to Stone and back

Stafford RC is hosting its second club tt this Wed, signing on from 18.30 first rider off at 19.01

Fell details of all Stafford RC events this year can be found here http://www.staffordrc.org/stafford-road-club-2024-time-trials/

 

Stafford Road Club 2024 Time Trials

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Were please to announce this years Club TT events that will begin on Wed 15th May 2024.

All our events are ‘come and give it a go’ which means you can turn up, sign on and ride and they are open to everyone, not just club members.

Stafford Road Club 2024 Club Time Trials

Wed 15/05/2024      19:00 Start     K48/10      10.00 Miles Weston; Signing-on in layby at start
Wed 29/05/2024      19:00 Start    K48/10      10.00Miles Weston; Signing-on in layby at start
Wed 12/06/2024      19:00 Start     K7/15        15.00 Miles Huntington loop, Signing-on in layby at start
Wed 26/06/2024     18:45 Start      K7/21        21.00 Miles Castle Bank, (Hilly); Signing-on in layby at start
Wed 10/07/2024      18:45 Start      K7/21       21.00 Miles Castle Bank, (Hilly); Signing-on in layby at start
Wed 24/07/2024      19:00 Start      K7/9        9.00 Miles Penkridge, (hilly) – Signing-on in layby at start
Wed 07/08/2024      19:00 Start      K7/9        9.00 Miles Penkridge, (hilly) – Signing-on in layby at start
Wed 28/08/2024     18:45 Start       K7/5w      5.00 Miles Great Bridgeford, Signing-on in layby at Finish
Sun 01/09/2024      08:00 Start      K7/25       25 Miles Dunston, Signing-on in layby on A449 at start
Sun 01/09/2024      08:00 Start      K7/50       50.00 Miles Dunston, Signing-on in layby on A449 at start
Mon 01/01/2025      10:30 Start      K7/5          5.00 Miles P ottal Pool, Signing-on in layby at start

Here is a link to the Course Maps that are available on our website TT COURSE MAPS

Local TT events run by other clubs

Stafford RC has coordinated its events this year with our local clubs to ensure riders have TT event to ride each week from April through to September. Below shows a full list of these club TT’s. Please Note Watt Shops events on are Open events and riders must re enter via the CTT website. All other events are ‘come and give it a go’ which means you can turn up, sign on and ride. Please check out the other clubs websites for full details of entry fees and any additional information they many share.

K7/5 New Years day TT results

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K7/5 New Years day TT results

 

There was a great atmosphere at today’s 5 mile TT event run by Stafford Road Club.  15 riders took part producing some very respectable times on a chilly bright morning.  Jonah Beadle (Stafford RC) was fastest on actual time and Brian Shardlow (BWCC) fastest on Age Adjusted Times (AAT) both riding road bikes.

 

There was a good mix of machines today with only one TT bike ridden by Ceri Evan, 1 trike, 3 CX bikes and the rest road bikes.

Results based on fastest actual

Result below based on Vets Age Adjusted Times

(riders 40 years and over) which is a handicapping system run by the Veteran Time Trial Association (VTTA)

Full Detail here VTTA – Veterans Time Trials Association – Welcome to the VTTA

 

It was great to have 7 Stafford RC riders in todays start list and I would like to make special welcome to Sophie and Bill who rode their first TT today and to Katie and Jonah who have recently joined Stafford Road Club.

 

I would also like to thank my time keeper Susan Semple and Melvyn Lewis (spotter) and to Ian Brant who was out on the course taking photos.  We will share these later this week.

 

We will publish a full list of TT events to be run by Stafford RC this year (April to Sept) in the next couple of months and we hope you will be able to join us for these events too.

 

So until them Happy New Year to you all and we hope 2024 is a happy and rewarding year for you all, both on and off the bike 😊

 

Stafford RC riders take part in the VTTA National 10 mile Championships

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Well done to Ian Foster who was the best placed of 3 Stafford Road Club riders (Paul Taylor and Ceri Evans) who entered the Veteran Time Trail Association (VTTA) 10 mile championships hosted on the K48/10 last Sunday.  Special thanks also to Ian Brant, Melvyn Lewis, Fran Taylor, Brian Hall and Roger Morris who kindly volunteered to help me run this event.   Thanks to Roy Follows for sharing his pictures (7) Facebook

 Pic – Ian Foster – looking focused on the return leg into a strong head wind

What is the VTTA I hear you say.  Competitive Racing for Life is our moto, and through an age and gender adjusted handicapping system men and women of all ages (40 plus) can compete together on equal terms. https://www.vtta.org.uk/ 

So the winners of any VTTA event, and this one was no exception are the fastest riders once there age adjusted times have been deducted. We had 2 riders competing who were both in their 90’s showing that Competitive racing really has no age limits.  This years overall winner was Linda Dewhurst 64yrs young

 

This years TT season is about to come to an end but hopefully we will see you racing next year on one of Stafford RC events or the VTTA’s

 

Full results list off the VTTA website

Adjusted position AAT / AAD Std± Scratch position Time / Distance First name Last name Gender Club
1 00:19:27 +00:06:39 37 00:24:27 Linda Dewhurst Female Team Milton Keynes
2 00:19:41 +00:06:25 26 00:23:50 Deb Hutson-Lumb Female Wrekinsport CC
3 00:20:03 +00:06:03 4 00:21:21 Ian Guilor Male Mapperley CC
4 00:20:17 +00:05:49 5 00:21:23 Jon Howard Male Team Echelon
5 00:20:38 +00:05:28 14 00:22:02 Steve Gibson Male Peak Road Club
6 00:20:41 +00:05:25 38 00:24:43 Susan Semple Female Legato Racing Team (LRT)
7 00:20:45 +00:05:21 3 00:20:45 Alastair Ribbands Male Congleton CC – MyWindsock
8 00:20:46 +00:05:20 6 00:21:26 Tim Wood Male Team Echelon
9 00:20:50 +00:05:16 19 00:22:28 Simon Horsley Male Legato Racing Team (LRT)
10 00:20:55 +00:05:11 38 00:24:43 Mick Stevens Male Melton Olympic CC
11 00:20:56 +00:05:10 12 00:21:57 Ed Moss Male Beacon Roads CC
11 00:20:56 +00:05:10 47 00:25:10 Chris Dyason Male Cambridge CC
13 00:21:05 +00:05:01 11 00:21:55 Jonathan Mills-Keeling Male Aerologic RT
14 00:21:06 +00:05:00 17 00:22:12 Richard Golding Male Equipe Velo
15 00:21:18 +00:04:48 34 00:24:01 Steven Loraine Male Legato Racing Team (LRT)
15 00:21:18 +00:04:48 42 00:25:00 Gail Lowe Female Congleton CC – MyWindsock
17 00:21:26 +00:04:40 13 00:22:01 Mark Hamer Male Legato Racing Team (LRT)
18 00:21:40 +00:04:26 15 00:22:06 William Hayes Male Velo Club Long Eaton
19 00:21:42 +00:04:24 40 00:24:44 Patrick Ellerbeck Male St Neots CC
20 00:21:52 +00:04:14 58 00:26:42 Janet Fairclough Female Liverpool Phoenix CC (Aintree)
20 00:21:52 +00:04:14 61 00:27:11 Deborah Sheridan Female Warwickshire Road Club
22 00:22:10 +00:03:56 25 00:23:41 Andrew Smith Male VC Glasgow South
22 00:22:10 +00:03:56 30 00:23:55 Mark Halliday Male North Bucks RC
24 00:22:15 +00:03:51 23 00:23:27 Robin Gillespie Male Beacon Wheelers
25 00:22:18 +00:03:48 49 00:25:20 Andrew Simpkins Male Team Echelon
26 00:22:29 +00:03:37 43 00:25:02 Barrie Whittaker Male Lyme Racing Club
27 00:22:44 +00:03:22 26 00:23:50 Tim Baggs Male Sherwood CC
28 00:22:49 +00:03:17 50 00:25:21 Hayley Moore Female Ilkeston Cycle Club
29 00:22:51 +00:03:15 52 00:25:40 Jymmy Trevor (Trike) Male City RC (Hull)
30 00:23:03 +00:03:03 77 00:32:43 Alexander Munro Male SVTTA
31 00:23:05 +00:03:01 57 00:26:41 Cliff Voller Male VTTA West Group
32 00:23:08 +00:02:58 41 00:24:53 Mark Welch Male Oxted Cycle Club
33 00:23:37 +00:02:29 32 00:23:58 Mike Walker Male Congleton CC – MyWindsock
34 00:23:38 +00:02:28 62 00:27:20 Helen Tudor Female Oswestry Paragon CC
35 00:23:39 +00:02:27 36 00:24:24 Simon Inman Male OVB
36 00:23:42 +00:02:24 75 00:30:36 Nev Ashman Male Manchester Bicycle Club
37 00:23:44 +00:02:22 62 00:27:20 Philip Brown Male Walsall Roads Cycling Club
38 00:24:08 +00:01:58 60 00:27:00 Phil Barnes Male SheHair Racing Team
39 00:24:09 +00:01:57 54 00:26:09 Nigel Briggs Male South Pennine RC
40 00:24:10 +00:01:56 80 00:35:44 Ron Hallam Male South Pennine RC
41 00:24:28 +00:01:38 72 00:29:44 Bob Awcock Male Born to Bike – Bridgtown Cycles
42 00:24:52 +00:01:14 53 00:25:53 John Orridge Male VTTA (London & Home Counties)
43 00:25:36 +00:00:30 74 00:30:05 William Renard Male Macclesfield Wheelers
44 00:25:48 +00:00:18 71 00:29:43 Pamela Moore Female Coalville Whs
45 00:26:27 -00:00:21 76 00:30:41 Roger Chappell Male API/Anglia Sport
46 00:26:37 -00:00:31 67 00:28:53 Adrian Osborn Male Stratford Cycling Club
47 00:26:46 -00:00:40 65 00:27:58 Andy Delaney Male Northumbria Police C.C.
48 00:26:47 -00:00:41 73 00:29:49 Vernon Schutte Male Farnborough & Camberley CC
49 00:27:18 -00:01:12 69 00:29:34 Stephen Cooke Male Walsall Roads Cycling Club
50 00:29:01 -00:02:55 68 00:29:27 Simon Davis Male VTTA (Midlands)
51 00:30:41 -00:04:35 81 00:38:03 Vic Trigger Male Crewe Clarion Wheelers
52 00:31:12 -00:05:06 78 00:34:14 Eamonn Sheridan Male Warwickshire Road Club
53 00:31:41 -00:05:35 78 00:34:14 Steven Robinson Male 1485 Tri Club
1 00:20:20 Leon Wright Male Pedal Power Loughborough
2 00:20:27 David Mead Male Team Lutterworth Cycle Centre
7 00:21:30 Paul Horton Male Wolverhampton Wheelers Cycling Club
9 00:21:37 Tony Greenhalgh Male Tactic Sport UK Race Team
10 00:21:53 Simon Romei Male Paramount CRT
16 00:22:08 Edward Rees Male University of Nottingham C C
18 00:22:14 Joe Rendall Male Congleton CC – MyWindsock
20 00:23:18 Isaac Russell Male Team PB Performance
22 00:23:21 Ian Foster Male Stafford RC
24 00:23:37 Mark Spruce Male Wolverhampton Wheelers Cycling Club
29 00:23:54 Chris Gration Male Belper BC
30 00:23:55 Paul Russell Male WVTri
33 00:23:59 Chester Romei Male Paramount CRT
35 00:24:17 David Alexander Male Coalville Whs
44 00:25:04 Mark Morgan Male Coalville Whs
45 00:25:08 John Tracey Male Welland Valley CC
45 00:25:08 Alan Busuttil Male Matlock CC
47 00:25:10 Andrew Newey Male Ribble Valley C&RC
51 00:25:23 Gary Smith Male Stourbridge Velo
55 00:26:13 Larissa Alexander Female Coalville Whs
56 00:26:22 Andy Whitehead Male Seamons CC
59 00:26:56 Stewart Hyde Male Walsall Roads Cycling Club
64 00:27:44 Ceri Evans Male Stafford RC
70 00:29:42 Paul Taylor Male Stafford RC
DNS Alan Gay Male Vive Le Velo
DNS Lee Connolly Male Royal Sutton CC
DNS Rich Steels Male HUUB WattShop
DNS(A) Paul Westwood Male Brereton Whs
DNF Joseph Costello Male Legato Racing Team (LRT)
DNS(A) Sean Hunt Male Lincoln Wheelers CC
DNS(A) Keith Palmer Male Ilkeston Cycle Club
DNS Stuart McCormick Male VTTA (Yorkshire)
DNS(A) James Byatt Male Sherwood CC
DNS Will Trevor Male City RC (Hull)
DQ Peter Horton Male Team Bottrill
DQ Mark Franckel Male Royal Sutton CC
DNS Nick Hill Male Bristol Mile Monkeys
DNS Graham Neyt Male Rapha Cycling Club
DNS Steven Hazeldine Male Stone Wheelers CC
DNS(A) Garry Shuker Male Walsall Roads Cycling Club
DNS Les Boughey Male North Shropshire Wheelers
DNS Tony Perrin Male Stone Wheelers CC
DNS(A) John King Male Janus Road Club
DNS Emma Bexson Female Stratford Cycling Club
DNS(A) Debbie Bradley Female Peddlamaniacs Cycle Club
DNF Grant Bigham Male HUUB WattShop
8 00:21:32 Mark Lovatt Male Congleton CC – MyWindsock
21 00:23:19 Kevin Satterthwaite Male Gorilla Coffee Cycling Club
28 00:23:51 James Veitch Male Coalville Whs
66 00:28:46 Steve Price Male VC Sevale (Malvern)
DNS(A) Abdel Kader Allouni Male Pocomotion Road Club

 

A few more opportunities this season

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We still have several local TT events taking place in August and September around Stafford and there is no better way to test your current fitness than against the clock.

The ‘Race of Truth’ is the ultimate challenge, but its not just simply an all out effort from the start.  You have to pace your effort, starting off steady then lifting your effort gradually so you arrive at the finish with your legs empty.

For those who want to know their Functional Threshold Power (FTP) at the end of the season then a 25 mile TT will do just that, and far more motivational than testing solo or indoors on a turbo.

Here are Stafford Road Club remaining events and below a link to all the Midlands club events.  For club events there is no need to pre enter.

wed 30/08/2023 18:45 Stafford Road Club K7/5w 5.00 Miles
Sun 03/09/2023 08:00 Stafford Road Club K7/25 25 Miles
Sun 03/09/2023 08:00 Stafford Road Club K7/50 50.00 Miles
Mon 01/01/2024 10:30 New Years Day Special Stafford Road Club K7/5 5.00 Miles

Here is a link to all the club events still to take place in the Midlands Cycling Time Trials: District:

 

Sept 17th K48/10

For those of us who are also fighting off mother nature as we grow old and strive to go faster then on the 17th September I am hosting the Veteran Time Trial Association (VTTA) National 10 mile Championships on our local K48/10 course.  Here you will get to race alongside some of the fastest women and men in the country who refuse to grow old and slow down.

I have set the entry field to 150 riders to ensure that there are places available for everyone of any age, and not just VTTA members. So if you fancy riding here is the entry LINK  (riders must pre-enter this event and the closing date is midnight on the 5th Sept).

If you do not fancy riding but would like to come along and support me hosting the event and see up close just how fast some people can go, then please get in touch via ascoaching@outlook.com as all support would be gratefully appreciated.

For anyone who is not familiar with the VTTA it was set up to allow cyclists from the age of 40, of either gender, to race on an equal basis using an Age Adjusted Time (handicap system).  As we age we can not hope to match the times produced by many of the younger riders but the VTTA moto “Competitive Cycling For Life” and the use of Age Adjusted Times provides us all with the opportunity to enjoy racing against the clock, with no age limitations.

 

So from everyone at Stafford Road Club we hope you have a fabulous end to the 2023 season and you are able to join us on one or all of the above events

Stay Safe, Stay Fit, Stay on Your Bike

 

Alastair Semple

Reg Pearce Memorial Trophy 2023 winner

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Reg Pearce Memorial TT 20 May 2023  

This year’s Open 10 mile time trial event saw 5 Stafford Rd club riders take part in a field of 67.  On the day we had five events taking place with tandems, women’s road bike and time trial competitions and men’s road bike and time trials events.  The conditions on the day were excellent, warm sunny and with a light cross headwind on the riders return leg.  The K48/10 course that runs from just west of Weston Village along the A51 to Stone and back has a couple of aggressive little climbs near Sandon, of which many of the riders who did not know the course found a little challenging to pace correctly.

For our riders it was the Reg Pearce Memorial trophy that was up for grabs, and this would be awarded to the fastest rider based on a handicap system based on the riders age.

Talking to Richard Farrow in the Headquarter before hand this was going to be a whole new experience for him, being new to TT events.  Hopefully like so many of us he will get the bug and be back to challenge himself again, against the clock in the ‘Race of Truth’

This year Ian Foster was both the fastest club rider on actual time, finishing in 23:24 and won the trophy with a handicap time of 21:01.

Stafford Road Club Riders Full results

  1.   Ian Foster 21:01 – 64mph
  2.   Roger Morris 23:24 – 565mph
  3.   Ceri Evans 25:16 – 8mph
  4. Richard Farrow 26:25 – 7 mph
  5. Richard Knowles 29:09 – 19  mph

 

Photos supplied by Jim Carter, a great shot of Ian at the bottom, his face said it all!

 

 

Below are the results from the overall event showing the fastest in each category

Fastest Overall Results

Fastest Vet Women TT Women RB Men TT Men RB
J Costello 21:50

27.48 mph

 S Semple 24:21

24.64 mph

 S Carter 36:11

16.58mph

 G Bigham 20:17

29.51 mph

 N Giles 23:31 25.51mph

 

I had lots of positive feedback in the HQ and via emails from the riders after the event to say thank you to Stafford RC and praise us on how well the event was marshalled, and how much they had enjoyed taking part in our race again this year.  So a very big thank you to the following club members and  their family members who came out to help me run this event.  Ian Brant, Nick Dickens, Don Vas, Craig McKenzie, Andy Bollen, John Cooke, Brian Hall, Christine Barber, Bill Lockwood, Fran and Paul Taylor, Fraser Nutton, James Haddon and Linda Morris.

We do not run these open TT events to generate profits and instead try to give most of the money generated back in prizes.  This year we awarded £285 in prizes to riders, and after costs for hall hire, gifts for my marshals, timekeepers fees and refreshments we made a small profit of £76 which will go back into the club to help funds.

There are sill lots of other club TT events this year for you to come out and test yourself against the clock.  You do not need a fancy bike, just a little enthusiasm and off you go in the Race of Truth.   Entry fee is £3/rider.

Wed 21/06/2023 19:00 K7/15 15.00 Miles
Wed 05/07/2023 18:45 K7/21 21.00 Miles
Wed 19/07/2023 18:45 K7/21 21.00 Miles
Wed 02/08/2023 18:45 K7/9 9.00 Miles
Wed 09/08/2023 19:00 K7/9 9.00 Miles
Sun 30/08/2023 18:45 K7/5w 5.00 Miles
Sun 03/09/2023 08:00 K7/25 25 Miles
Sun 03/09/2023 08:00 K7/50 50.00 Miles
Mon 01/01/2024 10:30 K7/5 5.00 Miles