Yesterday was my final road race of the 2017 Season. My second full season of bike racing. It finished at the summit of Beachy Head at the end of the 7th ascent of the long brutal climb, as part of the final stage of the Women’s Tour of Sussex. After a 76km flat stage one (20th, […]
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5 Things I Learned from Crystal Palace Crits
Another Tuesday night, and another empty space in my week where Crystal Palace Crits used to be. When I started this blog I decided that I wasn’t going to fill it with a bunch of ‘then they did this and I did that and this happened’ style race reports; not that I was never going […]
Race Report: The Lincoln Grand Prix
One week ago I raced my first National Series level race. You can read the official race report from British Cycling here, it includes info and pics of all kinda of exciting things, like the people who actually won. This isn’t a race report so much as a ‘Wot I Learned’ post, keeping track of […]
Race Report: Bedford 3 Day – Day 3
Today I woke and thought ‘how lovely, I only have one race to do’. Before then groaning and trying to do as much packing/cooking/cleaning of teeth as I could from a sitting position. Today was the final day of the Bedford 3 Day. See Day 1 and Day 2 for previous context/info. Stage 5 was […]
Race Report: Bedford 3 Day – Day 2
Day 2 of Bedford 3 Day today (see here for more on the race, and Day 1 report). Today was the Team Time Trial of just under 10km, and the longest road race of 80km. The TTT course was largely flat, with the odd kick, a bit of a descent, and a few short corners. […]
Race Report: Bedford 3 Day – Day 1
This year the Bedford 3 Day celebrates its 25th birthday, reportedly making it the oldest women’s stage race in the UK. 3 Days of racing encompassing 5 stages. This year that’s: a prologue ITT of 2.73km followed by a 50.4km road race on Day 1; a team TT of 10km followed by a road race […]
Castle Combe Easter Classic – 14th April 2017
I’m not going to do a detailed race report for every race I do, but I am going to use this blog to mark the turning points and the lessons learned as I progress. Castle Combe Easter Classic goes down as the ‘biggest bunch I’ve yet raced in’ with around 60 women on the start […]
Nine Tips For Promoting Women’s Races.
I have only been racing for around a year and a half and I am already super aware of common complaints that organisers have about poorly attended women’s races. I’m also friends with people who have been involved at a grassroots level with women’s racing for years now (looking at you, Huw). And a large part […]