Apps have enabled us to do many things. Make our dinner look slightly less burnt (Instagram), make our every thought sound witty and poignant (Twitter) and given us the thumbs of a geriatric due to repeated flinging of animals at animals (Angry Birds). Those apps are only useful to a point. So I've put together a slightly more useful selection of that I found came in handy during the cyclocross
I often have trouble remembering to do things and then everything gets left, forgotten or cluttered. Like the other month my home insurance lapsed and only after 10 days did I remember I needed to call, which I then had to do from my mobile which cost more, because I was on the way to see the Tour de France in Yorkshire, and knowing my luck, without home insurance the house wouldn't g
It’s embarrassing that this is so rare that it by default turns into a big moment; early in July during the F1 weekend williamsf1.com had their Development Driver, Susie Wolff, drive practice 1. That makes her the all time 6th female to take part in the F1 circus. twitter.com/Susie_Wolff
Stop what you are doing right now and watch this whole teaser video for Benedict Campbell's new film about cyclo cross.http://vimeo.com/m/98972981
I'm finally putting the years I spent at university to good use. Don't know your DOMS from VAM, Creatine Phosphate to the Active Synapse or the Bohr effect?Only kidding I'm chatting heart rate, training, that burning feeling you get in your legs when you cycle harder, fitness and body as part of the Rapha Women's 100 evening. Wednesday 25th June, Women’s evening in @raphacycleclub LDN.
After @Andywaterman showed me this video on holiday I been obsessed with the song, shame I'm about two years too late to this party. The video aired in August 2012 and appeared, apparently on a few Hot Things of 2012 type lists. I like it because Dena appears to have emerged from the brain of a mildly satirical blogger. If you Google the phrase "hipster clubber" you get images of twentysomethings looking, even standing, like her. She's so now, or now-ish, that she appears to
The Col de Joux Plane, famed for being the climb that Lance Armstrong supposedly 'bonked' on during the 2000 Tour de France. It looms behind the ski town of Samoens like a constant shadow, south facing, snow never settles on its green slopes. Linking Samoens with Morzine it is a popular final climb in the Tour. You join me at 6km to go, just over half way, I can't be bothered to write down
If you have never tried CX this is the series for you. Cost is £10 , everyone is welcome. Last year Fruit 4 London gave out free fruit, I got lucky with a couple of really good mangos and high quality peaches. The Summer Series has a great atmosphere, it is run by volunteers with proceeds of the race going to charity. If the weather plays ball, you won't bee shivering and cold caked in mud on a
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch was given to me at Xmas. The jacket explains that a series of mysterious murders have taken place in Crawley & Bromley. A town planner who is looking after the Elephant & Castle estate randomly jumps infront of a tube train & the now deceased architect who designed the estate has had his home/museum burgled but nothing appears to be stolen.It sounds lik
I was trying to organise all the receipts and bills I have accumulated. Found some Belgium race numbers, Renner pit pass & race parking permit.
Dear riders Last night was my return to Crystal Palace racing following a few years away from the scene due to breaking my shoulder and I found myself hanging on for dear life to a group which had been distanced by the lead four riders. Everyone in the group also had team mates in the lead group up the road, so it didn't seem clear to me what our agenda was -be it working to bridge back to the leaders, riding tempo to limit our losses, or you wanted to race for a position Eithe
Benjamin also set himself a strict daily routine, which included time for sleeping, meals and working, all set for specific times of the day.
You'll find it in Castleton the town at the base of Winnats Pass. 1.6 miles 8% Winding and Windy. The initial section forces one up and out of the saddle faster that you can say eighteen percentage, sugar, I thought this is not a good way to start a climb. You continue to grind away ontop of the pedals through the tree lined road until the foliage subsides and the road momentarily flattens
"There are many exercise apps that allow you to keep track of your running, riding, and other activities. Record speed, time, elevation, and location from your phone, and millions of people do this, me included. However, when we look at activity logs, whether they be our own, from our friends, or from a public timeline, the activities only appear individually. What about all together?" As you
Quote from an article in the Huffington Post: "The gift of dyslexia is not the inability to read or write. It’s the incredible ability to see things from different angles. That is what makes a creative genius. The dyslexic mind approaches problems by visualizing things from all viewpoints. Literally moving their mental POV to whatever angle that helps them ‘see’ the solution. This ability allows sculptors to ‘see’ what is inside a block of marble. It enables designer to imagine thi
Sometimes the day in day out it can get really boring and overly tiring. This has happened to me with the route I use to commute to and from work. The quickest faster way is to use the Cycle Super Highway, it just so happens it the quickest faster route for everyone else too. The bus lane is nice and wide and the cyclists aren't really doing too much harm or the cars to be fair. It is mostly the
Here's the skinny on it: A race that take in a portion of beautiful Pembrey beach before heading into a Pembrey Country Park for 9km of gravel, water, singletrack and sand. Open to all forms of off road bike including cyclocross and a thing called a 'Fat Bike' Race was roughly 35km which took me about 2 hours to complete. Results: Category positionFirst NameLast NameOverall timeLap 1Lap 2La
Paul 'Po' Sheers tasted the sweet smell of the podium club this weekend. It's a cluster of body odour, sweat and mouldy mud, a truly horrific mix of flavours that ordinarily would force your face to screw up in disgust, but when stood on any of the steps of the podium, those nasal treats change into something that reads like the side of your mums perfume bottle "A wave of extreme freshness meets
Classics and cycling sprint ace - Tom Boonen Gary Barlow off of Take That (blonde on the left)
... famous people Marcel Kittel (cyclist, Giant-Shimano) Dolph Lundgren (Rocky, View to a Kill)
will not miss Cleaning my bike in the dark, every weekend for 17 weekends Getting my bike out of the shed the following weekend to find, there are still smeary marks and bits of dirt I missed. Digging twigs, stones and clumps of sand from the seal of the washing machine Training on a turbo in pitch black Car Tetris Jet washing my shoes, daily rotating the newspaper stuffing and pray they w
