racing – Attitude Over Ability

Cyclocross: mud, trees and beer

Posted on 8th November 20163rd September 2022 by Kat Young

November 2016 “I’m not going to be able to make the race anymore, do you want to take my place and borrow my bike?” Gee, well, there went my plans for staying warm and dry on an autu... Read More

How I got into road cycling

Posted on 28th June 20163rd September 2022 by Kat Young

July 2016 *This post also appears on Broken Spoke’s blog* My first memory of riding a bike is around and around a bush in a campsite somewhere in France. Our family holidays were pretty active, ... Read More

Bristol Grand Prix Crit

Posted on 21st June 20163rd September 2022 by Kat Young

June 2016 Getting back from a Copenhagen work trip late the night before probably wasn’t the best preparation for my 3rd race of June. This was the Bristol Grand Prix – a city centre crit ... Read More

Silverstone TTT

Posted on 15th June 20163rd September 2022 by Kat Young

June 2016 Second of my series of 4 races in June was the Silverstone 9-up Team Time Trial. It was on the actual Silverstone race track, how cool is that? It was 3 laps of the full F1 Grand Prix circui... Read More

Tour of Cambridgeshire TT

Posted on 9th June 20163rd September 2022 by Kat Young

June 2016 This was the first event of 4 weekends in a row of racing in June: the ToC TT Chrono. I’d entered on a whim late one night after a race meeting with the Condor ladies, followed by a de... Read More