Monthly Archives: April 2012

Sandra Scally (AKA Hervelo Girl): Chronicles of a mediocre racer

March brought the start of the race season and with it many adventures. What I look like when I’m rocking the cross country vibe… Tale 1:  The learning curve is steep….literally! On March 3rd & 4th I took part in my first downhill race.  I … Continue reading

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Mule Bar Girl Team Blog: I have to admit, I really really wanted to win…

Sunday was the 2nd round of the Shutt Velo Rapide Women’s Team Series in Virginia Water. The race was put on by Twickenham CC, my club and run in memory of Dave Peck our chairman who sadly died last year … Continue reading

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Pearson Cycles Ladies RT Blog: Team Pink’s Epic Training Ride

With a week’s break in our race calender, 7 members of Team Pink (Nikki, Nicole, Debs, Helen K, Helen R, Steph and Kate) and Nellie gathered at the Pearson Sutton Shop at 9.30am on Saturday to head out for a … Continue reading

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Genevieve Whitson: Life’s unexpected turns – temporarily banned from racing, cortisol levels too low…

Well what can I say really…the month of April isn’t really going according to plan. It’s been a hard transition phase making my way in France, but now I’ve got a proper spanner in the works after failing a blood … Continue reading

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Look Mum No Hands! RT Blog: Team Mum Clean Sweep Part Deux

Elsewhere, in the gently undulating landscape of the Rodings, two other LMNH-ites (Anna and Helen) tested their fitness in Elite CC‘s 10 mile TT (a SPOCO SE course). We have no photos and a minute-by-minute narrative of the ride would be horrific so … Continue reading

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Look Mum No Hands! RT Blog: Team Mum Clean Sweep

After watching the GB girls kick butt at the track Worlds, Team Mum thought they’d give it a go too!  Last Saturday was the first Open Meet at Herne Hill of the season. Aptly named ‘Back in Black’ it was … Continue reading

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GB Cycles Ladies RT Blog: Cheshire Classic 2012

The sun was shining as we set off, in the team car, up the M6 towards Northwich for the Cheshire Classic. This did not explain why sat-nav spent at least 30 minutes “acquiring satellites”. With no map in the car … Continue reading

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Extra Round Added to Johnson Health Tech GP as Interest in Women’s Cycling Grows

Stoke-on-Trent will host the final round of the newly expanded five-round Johnson Health Tech Grand Prix Series in 2012. The second edition of the Series will see Britain’s leading female cyclists compete on town and city centre circuits in Oxford, … Continue reading

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Sarah Storey: Cheshire Classic Win!

If there is one race that is on my calendar every year, it’s the Cheshire Classic, as you can always count on the fantastic Weaver Valley Cycling Club to put on a great event. In fact it was a member … Continue reading

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Corvida Allpress – A New Women’s Team for 2012

New for 2012 is the Corvida Allpress women’s race team featuring nine riders set on a mission. Based in Shoreditch, East London, the team is sponsored by Allpress Espresso on Redchurch Street. The team say that: “We’ve made it our mission this … Continue reading

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