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 …
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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 …
Winner – National Youth Road Race Championships – Hillingdon
19th of June 2021 Abbey represented Suffolk Youth Race Team team in the National Youth Series event at Hillingdon on Saturday. The weather was okay, not particularly warm and a bit damp in places. Abbey prepared well for the race, although the race was delayed by some 15+ minutes due to a nasty accident in …
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