Bikes, Racing and Life

It's taken a while to get my thoughts together of the past few months, so much has changed in my life and in some respects RideLondon got lost along the way. But it was a [...]

The alarm went off early, it was still dark out, but I could hear cars on the road outside and it sounded wet, not a great start, but not a surprise either. After forcing some [...]

After what can only be described as a very busy May, with the Mallorca 312 and the Etape du Dales, I was exhausted but wanted to crack on with preparing for the next big event [...]

Along time ago, pretty much another life now, I live near York and kept my horse in the Howardian Hills, I really loved it round there, but didn't think much about it after I left. [...]

You may have heard some stories about the Etape du Dales in 2015, and thought that the teller was exaggerating about wind, I can tell you, they weren't! Tan Hill nearly broke me as a [...]

After nearly 6 months of training, the Mallorca 312 finally arrived! The trip had an interesting start, as we were delayed flying out of Manchester due to snow, I was really looking forward to some [...]

So as the last push in our training for the Mallorca 312, we headed to Calpe in Spain in search of miles, hills and good weather. And wow did it deliver! Our decision to go [...]

With less than 60 days to go until the Mallorca 312 training my has stepped up another notch. I was feeling really good after a long weekend cycling in Mallorca, lots of climbing and sunshine, [...]

One of the most common question asked on the all-ladies cycle group I'm part of (team glow) is "what saddle do you recommend?", this is such a difficult thing to help people with, especially new [...]

With the announcement this week of the 2016 Tour of Britain stages, it got me thinking about riding the Clitheroe stage in 2015. It was a beautiful, but cold start to the day as we [...]

One of my biggest turning points last year was a long weekend in Mallorca, it was a big week for me, with a lot of climbing and mileage. Plus I picked up the most horrendous [...]

Last September we packed ourselves off for a week on Lake Como, Italy. I had high hopes, weeks spent route planning our cycle routes had left me giddy with excitement. Sadly, the weather washed most [...]