I get 'cross

My journal of cyclocross
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2013 Rapha Supercross

Raced Rapha Supercross riding in the elite race for Yorkshire. Good to race the whole series and good that the riders in the elite women were the same competitors in the National level races. First round was really good, Broughton Hall was a brilliant course, it had a mix of everything including forced rest sections. Here I'd grab a few gulps and ride fast for the next tough section. When you


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10 years

I didn't have the first IPod. A boy (now dating one married to one of best friends) in my year at Sixth Form did and I thought it was very futuristic and odd, I saw it and thought this wont catch on, Mini Disc is much better. He now designs race tracks for people who own super cars and need some place to drive them. Smart lad. Image via: http://kirtan.tumblr.com/post/44724227630 


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"I love vulgarity. I am very attracted by bad taste – it is a lot more exciting than that supposed good taste which is nothing more than a standardised way of looking a things..."


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Can you read my Poker Face?

"I rode so hard to break my riding companion, I nearly broke my lungs. I just sat on the front and kept the pace high, she stuck in there, while I made a poker face. Half way through the 10 minute interval I managed to drop her but she got back as we stopped at a red light in Regents Park. When the 10mins was up she could hardly talk, I tried to chat loudly, repeating the weather forecast.


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Beetroot Juice...Beetlejuice more like

Rapha Condor JLT hosted a Q&A after a ride out event earlier this summer. The questions came in thick a fast about all the menial things that I've heard time and time again. The topics of nutrition came up and some off the cuff comment about some riders seeing better affects by using gels with added nitrates. I took that away and scratched my head. Then at a recent cyclocross race one of


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