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Tockwith – Yorkshire Day @ The Races
Saturday 28th April Race: Yorkshire Day @ The Races One last race before I really knuckle down with uni work and get this degree out of the way. I chose to enter the local(-ish) race at Tockwith Aerodrome with is about ten miles to the west of York. For me, about 1.5-2 hours by train, … Continue reading »
National Team Series Round 1
I did my first ‘big’ race: the first round of the national team series which was held at Hog Hill. Here is my report copied from the team blog [link] “Good Friday saw the first installment of the Shutt Velo Rapide National Women’s Team Series. Although not a target for Team Mum, we managed to … Continue reading »
Tameside Season Starters
This post will be a collection of short summaries of the Tameside Season Starter races where I will record how I did and what I will be working on to improve for next time. No. 1 Sunday 11th March No.2 Sunday 18th March No.3 Sunday 25th March Held at the Tameside circuit in Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester … Continue reading »
Quality Quality Quality
It’s March. And I have spent the winter months procrastinating (both uni work and general life). So I am pretty unfit. In steps the lovely Tom, who has graciously agreed to coach me ==>>I have a training plan. March is all about race fitness and learning. As most of my races will be criteriums we’re … Continue reading »
End of the Hill Climbs
Here is a post taken from the Look Mum Race Team blog in summary of my hill climbs; “All my hill climbs are done. I’m not sure whether to feel happy or sad about this. I started with my local bike club’s double hill climb at Drayton/Medbourne, followed by the Monsal hill climb in Derbyshire. and finishing with … Continue reading »
BUCS Hill Climb
BUCS 2011 Hillclimb Championship held on Saturday 29 October 2011 at Curbar Gap, Nr Baslow, Derbyshire There was a great atmosphere at the race with universities ranging from Glasgow and Edinburgh right through to Portsmouth with lots of comedy characters out to support their teams with air horns and fancy dress. Here is a great … Continue reading »
81st Monsal Hill Climb
According to Cycling Weekly, the second best hill climb in the UK! Continue reading »
First Hill Climb
I’ve set my sights on the BUCS HC at the end of October, therefore Kettering CC‘s Hill climb seemed just the perfect start to get into the swing of things. The climb was in two stages, the first a sharp climb out of Drayton and the second a more gradual and steady climb out of … Continue reading »
Second TT
After an early start to see Tom off for his adventures in France and a 4.5 hours train journey with far too much luggage, my bike and Tom’s PX frame I did the local TT again. I beat myself by 2 minutes!! ;Also the first time I ;got to wear my Look Mum No Hands! … Continue reading »
