I rode my final road race of the season at Hillingdon. I only needed to get a point for 10th and I wasn't contesting the overall series win so this was just a see how it goes, get as much high energy work in as I could. I went for an out of control long sprint from basically at the club house I wound the pace and opened a sprint on the bottom corner. I started to fade at 100m to go. I always hol
She rode the Nocturne 2011 and various Tour Series races, National Road Races. I've ridden cross against Miss Garner and she smashed me then. I cannot believe that I might one day turn up to a National Series race and ride next to somone that has a rainbow jersey. Such is the dumbness of the British Cycling scene for girls. But at the same time, there is some serious talent, Armistead, Hannah Bar
I have S-Work road shoes for racing and S-Works MTB shoes for cyclo cross. I train in Specialized Pro shoes to keep the race shoes crisp and white. I've spent alot of time in my training shoes and feel fine. I did two rides in my race shoes and now the lateral side left knee super aches even on my road bike. My cleat on that foot for that shoe must be out a few mill or something. I decided to us
Skoda gave me a Tour De France white watch when I went to watch some stages with them. I was going to post about all the loot I'd got my hands on but then I didn't. Yesterday I noticed the bezel fell off and it reminded me. I feel pretty euro with it on. Like I should go out and smash 50km of sunflower littered Franco countryside.
Took myfirst win of the Eastern Cross League for the season and hopefully I have started as I mean to go on.Had a good start which took me up to 4th wheel going into the first bend. From here I wasn't really slowed down only lost ground to the faster vets. Punctured with a lap and a half to go. But it wasn't a spectacular blow up, cruised back to the pit and collected by other b
I have made it a mission of mine to earn as much cycling related 'garb' as possible. Amongst my collection I have a 'green jersey - esq Mark Cavendish balloon man' and an Eric Zarbel signed PMU foam hand. Anyways that all pales to my aim to get a podium SKODA Yeti (a 3ft massive toy). I met a real big one today.
I saw this video ages ago and its a good race.Then I saw @crossjunkie's had written on his blog about womens raceing and reposted the video on his blog (http://crossjunkie.blogspot.com/). So I've been watching it, over and over and over again. Firstly I like how Vos in the first lap sprints super hard from the front. Now that's how you start a race. Secondly Vos comes out of the long descent onto the muddy climb and makes it look flat, while her competitors behind a
Done my first proper cross race. It was muddy and then the sun shone. I was hot and the mud went to sticky heavy gloop. Made mistakes on laps 1-3 by running the short sharp climbs when I could have ridden them. I was riding them in the second half of the race but that was too late. The leaders were always just 30 seconds away. I saw them at exactly the same place and junctions where the course
