A League of Lessons
It’s no secret that one of my goals this year is to start track racing. I bought my #pocketrocket at the beginning of the year and joined Reading Velodrome on a Thursday evening for structured training and accreditation from British Cycling coaches. Four weeks later, after cycling in circles in some very questionable weather (think snow, ice and -2 wind chills), I was officially ready to race at Reading Track league and officially had my first BC... Read More
Get On Track Girls!
Last September I threw myself on a track bike and round (and round) one of the steepest indoor tracks in the Netherlands for the first time. And I loved it! There was no going back. The idea of riding a bike that has no brakes at speed still unsettles me a little today (mainly at a fear of not unclipping as I come to a halt and making a fool of myself!), but the more I do it, the more addicted I get. When I left Amsterdam earlier this year, I was... Read More
Your Questions Answered – with Tom Murray
Dear Tom, I like reading your articles, and was wondering if I could ask a bit of advice from you? I am fairly new to cycling, one year, and I’m 31. I did my first race a 26.5 mile “crit” for cat 4 riders today, and whilst I finished, the others riders almost finished 10 minutes ahead of me. I know that some of them have probably been going for years, I have to admit I was little disapointed at how far away I was, despite a fair... Read More
A Woman’s Guide to Racing (Part 4) – Practice! Practice! Practice!
A Woman’s Guide to Racing – Part 4 Practice! Practice! Practice! Click below to read: Part One – Where Do I Start? Part Two – What Do I Enter? Part Three – What training should I do? Part Five – Are you ready to race? Part Six – Race Day Last week’s article was all about training – general advice and more specific tips about women’s racing and how best to prepare for it. I know... Read More
A Woman’s Guide to Racing (Part 3): What training should I do?
A Woman’s Guide to Racing – Part 3 What training should I do? Click below to read: Part One – Where Do I Start? Part Two – What Do I Enter? Part Four – Practice! Practice! Practice! Part Five – Are you ready to race? Part Six – Race Day By now, you may have joined a club, maybe obtained British Cycling membership and even bought a licence and perhaps you’ve had a look at the various events that... Read More
Champion Systems Maxgear announce Women’s 2013 Team
New riders Lauryn Theryn and Joanne Blakeley will join current riders Eve Dixon, Frankie White, Melissa Bury and Nicola Soden for the 2013 season. Lauryn joins the team with a wealth of sporting experience and success. Athletics was her main sport up until the age of 20. She was a thrower who competed in the Javelin and Discus at World Youth Games and Commonwealth Games standard. She finished her athletics career in 2006 in order to focus on Bobsleigh... Read More
The AN Post Rás
The AN Post Rás. It was probably the highlight of my 2011 season, so I had high expectations coming into the 2012 edition of the race. Last year I rode for the Irish national team but this year I was taking to the start line in the often-described-as ‘feckin brilliant’ black and white jersey of Rapha Condor Sharp. I flew over to Dublin by myself to meet the rest of the team who were driving from Manchester. As soon as I arrived one of the lads... Read More
Interview with Marianne Britten – Elite Women top British Cycling points scorer
Marianne Britten Interview with the Team Captain of VC St Raphael Women’s Team and lead British Cycling points scorer for Elite Women in 2010 and 2011. How did you get into cycling? As a youngster I grew up riding horses and used to compete in tetrathlon, that’s swimming, running, horse-riding and shooting at Pony Club. That ends when you reach 21 so I was looking for another sport similar so ended up trying triathlon. I quickly realised... Read More
The Six Day’s… Leave them alone – Minty’s Ramblings
Tom Murray - Image © Anna Magrath Cycling Shorts. This winter I set off to the Gent, Six days full of enthusiasm and excitement, its somewhere I have great memories off, somewhere I have passed down many a story about to my friends, family and anyone else who would listen. But there is a problem, a worry stuck in my head I think the world needs to know, but first I better tell you why I qualify to worry about the six days. The Kuipke track has always... Read More
Ciao Italia!
19th April 2011 Hello everyone! Thank you for stopping by again! I have been training like crazy! I’ve just come back from my team’s training camp in Italy and it was very hard! It was the first time that I met all my teammates and they are all great, we have a great atmosphere in the team, everyone is super friendly with a great attitude. We are about to start the season this week in Belgium and some other riders have been racing since... Read More
