Sunday 18th November

London Cyclo Cross League race @ Stanmer Park, Brighton
1hr race.

Terrain was grass and woodland trails. Undulating with a killer climb to
do straight up the side of the hill. One short steep slope which was rideable at the start of the race, but then became a slippery unrideable muddy bank as the rain got heavier.

Used my mountain bike as elbow injury stopped me from operating brakes/gears on my cross bike. Hard work to ride.
10 women raced - finished 8th out of 10. First woman was Jenn Hopkins (Minx Girl) I was the only one on a mountain bike. One of the last finishers, but got a good work-out even if it was wet and bitterly cold !

Saturday 17th November - Service Resumed

1.5hour mountain bike ride around the North Downs. (was planned as a 3 hour ride but cut short after a crash put me out of action). Suspected fractured radial head. Painful and annoying !!

Temporary Interruption !

We apologise for the interruption to this training service - we are currently working very hard to resolve the technical difficulties and hope to restore the service very shortly once the system has benefited from a warm bed and lots of Lemsip !

Sunday 11th November

Had a mild throat infection so didn't go out riding Saturday. Still had a bit of a sore throat the next morning, but don't think it was bad enough to stop me riding.

40min easy run around South Norwood Lake

London Cyclo Cross League @ Reed Court Farm, Chainhurst
1hr race
Terrain was farmland. Untechnical, but very energy sapping as the ground was very bumpy. There were a number of false flats. Even though untechnical I still managed to crash spectacularly on the one muddy section !!
Raced hard. Finished 4th lady (right behind Katharine Mason, Sussex Nomads) out of 8. Nicky Hughes (Activ Cycles) won.
Still coughing and spluttering - will have to lay off Monday's training ride out of caution.

Friday 9th November

28mile ride - Crystal Palace, West Wickham, Layhams Lane, Beddlestead, Tatsfield, Biggin Hill, Keston, West Wickham, Crystal Palace
90rpm

3mile run around South Norwood Lake @ low aerobic pace

Wednesday 7th November

30min turbo trainer @ aerobic pace - 90rpm cadence

Tuesday 6th November

40min off-road run around South Norwood Lake @ low aerobic pace

Sunday 4th November

Inter-Area Cyclo Cross Champs, Misterton Hall, Leicestershire
40min women-only race
Represented London Team with Rebecca Thompson, Nicky Hughes and Emma Wood.
Rode hard around the tough, undulating course. Finished 22nd (out of 32).
Winner was Isla Rowntree (West Midlands Team). Rebecca - 2nd, Nicky - 11th, Emma - 20th. London team finished 4th out of 8 teams.

Saturday 3rd November

Herne Hill Cyclo Cross Series

50min race
Took it easy - focused on bike handling - rode my mountain bike so as to save my cross bike for racing the following day
3rd woman (out of 3!) 1st Sophie Terry (VCL), 2nd Julene Knox (Dulwich Paragon)