On Sunday 28th February, both me and Dad rode in our first ever Team Time Trial at the Severn Road Club 25 mile 2 up TTT. My partner was Charlie, a fellow BCDS academy rider, who I had previously ridden a TTT back in October, and Dad was riding with Charlie’s dad, Simon. As with last week’s 10 […]
On Sunday 21st February, both me and Dad rode our first ever individual time trial at the Frome and District Wheelers Open 10 mile TT. Once at the event, it was a case of signing at race HQ, and then for Dad, one of the first riders set off, time to head to the start […]
Over this half term I have attended both a Track Regional School of Racing (RSR) and a Circuit RSR. The track RSR was held at Newport, and was a very early start as we had to be at the track for about 7:15. During the RSR we spent time on the track, and this time we […]
Today we had the pleasure of being interviewed by a local BBC Somerset radio reporter, Jack, who was doing an article on us for their morning radio show. They found out about us from an article that the Somerset Standard had published. They thought the story of a brother and sister both training and racing […]
On Sunday I traveled to Newport to ride in the first of the Icebreaker series at the Velodrome. At the start I was feeling quite nervous, I think from the fact that I hadn’t ridden an Icebreaker before, even though I knew that it would be a bit like a track league or Youth Omnium. […]
A very early morning today, up at 5 and off to the Velodrome for an SQT session with BCDS. It was good to meet up with Dan and the other riders, and get in some good track time. During the track session we did a warm up with ‘taking lap efforts’, Russian steps, a points […]
A new year and time to set a benchmark on the rollers… So I did my first 10 mile roller time trial of 2016. To do this I only use my Youth A gearing of 46×14, so it is all about maintaining a high cadence. I paced myself well and was pleased with a 16 […]
A very unexpected trophy this evening, I picked up the overall winner of the Newport Velodrome Winter Track League C. I had been winning 3 events on most evenings that I attended, but I didn’t realise I had been often enough to have put together the points to take the win. I was surprised when […]
This evening we went to the Sulis Scorpions Club awards. It was a happy and sad occasion for me as it was the last time I would be a Sulis Scorpion member, but it was nice to pick up the trophy as Hill Climb Champion. The hill climb was run as part of the Velo […]
I am going to be racing as part of the Bristol Cycling Development Squad Academy in the 2016 season. I attended a track SQT session with Dan, the BCDS coach, and was pleased to have made the squad. This will mean team mates at the races next year, both local crits, National series and the […]
I’ve been racing in the Newport Velodrome Winter Track league this year, and I am doing a lot of learning! Peter, my coach, has been really helpful in guiding me how to approach the races, and whilst I have plenty to learn I am starting to get success. The evenings generally consist of a Scratch […]
This cycling isn’t all glamour you know… Today’s training ride was challenging due to the weather conditions – very wet, very windy and as a result it was extremely muddy! It was a nice ride all the same, mainly endurance riding but with some sprint efforts mixed in. A bike cleaning session followed before I […]
On Sunday 11th October, I competed in an open team time trial hosted by Chippenham wheelers, along with Charlie Kelly (a fellow Epic coached rider), and Felix Young, a VC Walcot rider and Scorpions coach. We had ridden the course before, so knew what would be coming and how to tackle it best. Due to […]
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]On Sunday 4th October I had a relaxed morning due to the Red Angus VC Walcot Open Hill Climb that was taking place in the afternoon at Claverton hill. Last year I was able to win the hill climb, and was looking to win again […]
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Today I headed to Thruxton race circuit for the end of the season ‘points chaser’ race meeting that was taking place. It was a well supported event with riders across all of the different age groups keen to ride. We got there in good time, to […]
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][image_with_animation image_url=”47″ alignment=”center” animation=”Fade In”][vc_column_text]On Wednesday 9th September I traveled North Bristol to have my first meeting with my new main coach, Peter from EPiC coaching. Peter is my main contact point with my coaching team (there are three coaches in total looking after me). Over the […]
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][image_with_animation image_url=”44″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In”][vc_column_text]On Saturday 5th September I had a fun morning out at Odd Down for the Sulis scorpions go ride Cyclocross. The racing involved a TT, mass start race and a handicap race. The course was created on the circuit, including hurdles, […]
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][image_with_animation image_url=”40″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In”][vc_column_text]On Tuesday 1st September I headed back to Newport Velodrome to do my track accreditation, so that over the winter I could race in the winter league at Newport. As Newport is an inside velodrome you have to pass a test […]
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] On Thursday 27th August I ended up doing my first 100 mile ride, partially by accident! The morning started with a commute in to bath with dad, going through the back lanes to Norton St. Phillip, then along to Midford, through the Two Tunnels and […]
[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][image_with_animation image_url=”34″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In”][vc_column_text] On Tuesday 25th August I travelled to Westpoint near Exeter for a race. At sign on I identified the stronger riders to look out for, and set about my warm up. The course was new to me, and the Commissaire let us […]