15th of July 2021 Under 18s Junior Girls Course Record I was entered into two races leading up towards the National Championships, to see if I could break 26 minutes for 10 miles. Last week my training took me a step past that, with a 24:56. This week was my back-up attempt. I just about …
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Nice Press Release for PB Ride
Nice report from Cycling Time Trials on Abbeys Saturday race.I “think” the reference to coming 4th the week before, must have been for 4th women over-all, as Abbey came 1st Juvenile Girl/U16 Girl. It is interesting, as you don’t normally look at the women’s results, as Abbey is so young. You normally look at the …
Kent 10TT – PB at 24:56
17th of July 2021 Yes! New PB and smashed my season target with a 24:56 for 10 miles. I have the fastest Under 19 Girls time and 12th fastest women (all-time) on Strava, as well as 35th out of 60 men and women in todays race. I am very happy with the result. From mid-week …
National Open Road TT Championship
11th July 2021 Yesterday my dad and I drove up to Scotland. It was about a 7 hour drive there. When we got there; we went to the hotel, got changed and went to have a look at the course. It was 26 miles (about 41 km) and quite bumpy. It was mainly uphill and …
Olivers Mount NYS Race
4th of July 2021 On Sunday, I went to Scarborough for the Scarborough cycling festival.We knew Sunday was going to be difficult and the course would be tough. We thought it was 11% and the same length as Semer (the local hill we practiced on). We were very wrong. It was 24% gradient and about …
Regional Road Championships – Lapping all boys and Girls
3rd of July 2021 Today the team went to Colchester for the Regional Road Race Championship. My main focus, and we spent a lot of time trying to find solutions… wasn’t today, it is tomorrow, where I have an almost impossible National Youth Series Race up Oliver’s Mount in Scarborough. That meant I needed to …
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Big Weekend Ahead
30th of June 2021 Written by LT: Big weekend for Stonham Barns Park rider Abbey. On Saturday its a damage limitation road race in Colchester, where the aim is to try to do well in the Regional Road Race Championship without putting out too much effort; easier said than done. Abbey needs to leave Colchester …
Herne Bay 10-mile time trial In Kent
27th of June 2021 LT: Info added – Abbeys target for 2021 is 25:59 for 10 miles. Abbeys time today was 26:11. 12 seconds to go.……………………………………………………………………………………Written by Abbey:Today, I did the Herne Bay 10-mile time trial In Kent.We went to bed at 11:30 yesterday because we got to the hotel late and then we woke …
National Open Circuit Time Trial Championships – Sheffield Race 6/6
26th of June 2021 Today I did the National Open Circuit Time Trial Championships – Sheffield Race 6/6. It was cloudy but really hot at the same time. My dad and I drove up in the morning and drove around the course. As we suspected, it was quite hilly again. There were 3 juveniles that …
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Lotus Round 4
23rd of June 2021 On Tuesday, I went to Lotus to do round 4 of the series. Because I am the only youth C girl, they let me race in the youth A/B race which is fun. Its really hard because I am racing with people up to 16 year old. I think it’s a …