There are two social groups in a National Trophy 'pit' and they are completely at odds with each other. At one end we have the burly men with their dark clothing, all in one overalls, grey hair, portly stomachs and tough boots. The other group is a pit WAG generally mothers of the under 23 riders and a few girlfriends who have been roped in to assist the burly men, they don't

Link to the video of the racing: http://www.vier.be/veldrijden/videos/scheldecross-vrouwen/25085 I did this race. I really enjoyed the course. The weather was very cold but there was sun.  Good experience running and riding in proper sand. I would do this race again and then stay for a race on the Sunday. I finished 19th or maybe 20th. Would have liked to have been in

 Vicious Velo X Race - 22nd December  VCL X Race - 23rd December A double cross mash up with everything including Divine chocolate, look mum no hands hot food, dogs, drums, me doing the PA, prizes, food, cakes (approved by me) I'll be bringing cakes too! for a ViCiOUS cake stall Separate race for women / vets on the the 22nd December Yeh that's right you are so

Robinson leading the 2012 National Trophy Series There is a curious thing in cyclocross or maybe its womens cyclocross is that pretty much if I wanted to race against the best people in the world, I could. Not because I'm at their level, just because that is the way it works. Most recently I've been pulling up to the start line and standing alongside Louise Robinson (Ian Cleverly has written

I just want to say that if you get the chance try and race in the Eastern League if you are a vet or female rider. 1. They always always have a good cake stall 2. They always get the results printed and on the board within the hour of the finish 3. Friendly 4. Gridding is accurate and based on past performance 5. Vet and women riders get their own race so there isn't a mass bundle 6. This is m

Credit: Cyclephotos.co.ukA mystical land of grey skies and mud, wind and rain  lies just across the channel, its a place that earned the reputation as the heart land of cross. General gossiping about this place brings up whispers of how incredibly hard it must be, the courses are totally different from the UK and the people who race on them are warriors. I'd hear stories like 'See her

Playlist Tame Impala - Elephant Azealia Banks (feat. Lazy Jay) - 212 Nas - The Don Netsky - Love Has Gone Emile Sandé - My Kind of Love (Gemini Remix)  Rudimental (feat. John Newman) - Feel The Love Jessie Ware - Running (Disclosure Remix) Hot Chip - Night and Day (Dusky Remix) Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs -Tapes & Money Florence & The Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) (Calvin

I've been putting in a bit more turbo time recently. I'd prefer to go to the park but the constant rain and Army Fitness groups keep putting me off. For the turbo to truly be bearable you need a good set up and I have found something that just about works for me. 1. No loud music from a hi fi. If my neighbour was next door making a noise like a plane was taking off that was intertwined with thum

I've not got many superstitions, well I have none I have mostly routines that I like to stick with. One is to wear my pink framed Oakleys for CX because they have a clear lens and then I don't have to mess about with sunglasses instead of getting ready to race. Another is to keep my gloves in a special place in my bag so I can always find them. My gloves are a pair of Specialized MTB gloves and

There is a little known unsporting trick that riders of the X68 bus use, it's called Bus Stop Guarding. Typically people who do it, have not been waiting the longest. Bus Stop guarding is the art of turning up to the bus stop and hanging around the actual stopping sign to ensure they are first on, in disregard for others who have been waiting longer on the bench or the wall. If you played footb

Leather note book Cooler bag Mavic cap Mavic service car Chocolate biscuits Route 'booklet' (268 pages) Lanyard Special edition newspaper Sick bag for day in the team car Wallet

I downloaded the Tour de France app, its quite good although you have to pay 69p for it. It has photos and live updates and if you are going to France to watch a stage it will tell you when the riders and caravan are due to come through certain sections. I noticed at the bottom there was an Official Game - it cost £1.99 to buy the app. You load a game, choose a team (1 of the present Pro Tour t

I once bet on the 2006 World Cup and won £90 from a £2 or maybe £1.50 bet. It was quite a slim chance of getting it right. I bet 0-0 by full time with Zidane to score in extra time for France. Betting is tiresome and pointless, you'll always loose in the end, with Bradley Wiggins odd on favourite for yellow it would be no use betting on him to win, it as you'd get pennies back the odds are so s

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I rode the wooden Newport track last year in a 3 hour session under the watchful eyes of @booseythebarn aka Martyn Frank. FYI - it was a really good session and great coaching that I really enjoyed, just annoying Newport is 3hrs drive away! Anyways... I thought I would finally go down to Herne Hill track. I'm pretty much there the whole time during the winter for CX but never actually ridden the

Channel 4's London Nocturne Coverage (available on 4OD) This is screen grab was taken just after I told the presenter I'd done a poo. Only kidding... I did however pick the race winner but there were plenty of errors in the delivery... Oops.

Instead of riding into the centre of Brighton like most London to Brighton weekend club runs. Turn left after descending Ditchling Beacon onto the Lewis road (fairly fast) near to Sussex Uni. At the mini round about outside the uni turn right onto The Drove and you'll then pass Brighton uni on your right. You'll have to ride one more final climb, it had a constant gradient and easy to find

Yes it is. Long time no speak, eh? Right so started cycling to work a bit need to put the base miles back in somewhere but a cycle rides over 1hr 30 minutes doesn't really go down well with the shoulder. In addition seeing as its raining, alot. Then I thought I'd hit up some intervals on the rollers. I've started using a new app called 'IntervalTimer'. It is free, but has ads. However they really

Sometime in early November, Florida photographer Chip Litherland will load five 35mm cameras with color film, carefully pack them into shipping cases, and mail them to five different photographers around the globe. Each photographer who receives a camera will be challenged to shoot just one picture before they have to ship the camera on to someone else. Assuming they aren’t lost in the ma

On 22 March I flew to Cape Town for a 8 day stage race around the Western Cape. Day 4 was terrible and 90km into the 147km stage. A rider crashing infront of me, brought me down too. I dislocated my shoulder and wasn't able to continue in the race. My team partner, Collyn Ahart continued and finished the event. I'm unsure if I'd go next year, I want to complete it, but it is so difficult.