Chased by wild horses on my bike!

After 3 week off at Christmas I have just finished my first week of 2012 training. Finishing the week with a 40 mile hilly ride to Caldbeck, which included me getting chased by about 30 wild fell ponies. Wow I got up the next hill fast!!

I enjoyed the ride to Caldbeck, really pushing myself on the hills, which is one of my goals for this season. Keeping the fast twitch going and taking a couple of the sign sprints on the way home. Hopefully next week’s training will be as good as this week, but without the hysteria of getting chased by fell ponies!!

Back to university of the 19th too so going to be very busy with training and school work. 

Lauren x

Grass track cycling, sprinting and intro to road racing!

I started cycling in spring 2009, after watching my Dad doing time trials; I decided that I wanted to give cycling a go on a grass track training session one Monday night, just to try it out. This was the first time that I had ridden a racing bike, never mind a fixed wheel. But I loved it....

I have thoroughly enjoyed riding with Border City Wheelers, but I am really looking forward to riding for Maxgear as part of a team this year and the challenges that await me.

As I have always been a short distance rider and mostly a sprinter, grass track is particularly good fun with the 'hoop game' amongst others! I am looking forward to getting involved in the women’s road races. This year I am looking forward to stepping up with longer races with a wider range of women cyclists.

Over this last year I have been working on my training, long club runs, rollers, and sprinting on the road. I have also recently joined my university gym, just need to find the time to fit it in now!

I am really looking forward to the launch on the 21st of January; I am excited about seeing everybody and the experience of the whole weekend. The hotel looks lush!
Lauren :)