From multiple world AG Duathlon Champion to elite cyclist. Meet Claire Steels. In only her first season of racing for Fusion Velo Performance Claire recently bought home a Silver medal in the national women’s masters road race. I caught up with Claire to get some insider tips on her training regime and how’s she’s found…
I wrote a race report the day after this race but something didn’t feel right. It was all a bit too blah blah, so let me share a ‘from the heart version’ rather than a ‘what I think people want to read’ version. 2018 season to date Number of time trials ridden = 3 (1 open…
It’s hard to pick out a pivotal moment when it happened, but it did. I fell in love with cycling. So much so that I fell out of love with running (but that’s for another blog). Cycling is my release. My ‘me’ time. My meditation. My chance to explore. Life can get pretty stressful, right?…
I’m no expert but I’ve had my fair share of setbacks these past few years. In fact I’ve probably dealt with more in my personal life in the last 5 years than I’d hoped to in a lifetime. I’m not talking injuries here but the break up of a long term relationship and the upheaval of leaving…
Being off the bike has some benefits… it means I’ve finally found the time to blog! You may remember the 5mins with… Q&A series I shared on Duathlon Girl last year? Well since then, I’ve met loads more interesting and inspirational people who I’d love you to meet! First up is Clare who left her career as a Lawyer…
Clumber Park Duathlon (10k/40k/5k) – National Championships and World Championship Qualifier Racing on a sat morning always makes me feel a bit twitchy and knowing this was my biggest race since Canada last year made me that bit more twitchy and moving house the week before didn’t help, I couldn’t seem to find anything!! On the flip side, I was…
Pre race prep I’d not felt too great in the lead up to this race, In fact I’d even missed a session because I had a sore throat for most of the week. I can’t bare missing sessions or seeing red in Training Peaks but it felt like the right thing to do. Then I…
I made another video, yay! Which you can watch here. A 5am start for a trip to Hull and my first TT since June last year! Ok so it wasn’t the V718 but after driving the course I thought it looked ok… hahahah but what on earth do I know about courses and conditions!? Warming up…
Here’s a few words on how my first race in 7 months panned out and why its so good to be back racing! I also did my first video so have a little peak and let me know what you think 🙂 First 5k Run: I’ve never led a race from the gun so after the first…
Rewind to 2013 when I first started cycling with a triathlete friend. He owned eight bikes (yes Preston that’s you) so lent me one to have a go on. I remember looking in his garage in disbelief, thinking why on earth would anyone need so many bikes? After all, you can only ride one at a…