Just a bit cold outside today, but I needed the miles, so I went out. Towards the end it dropped to zero and there was ice everywhere. I stayed local and on the quiet lanes. It was dry, which was the best part. It took my feet about an hour to go back to the …
Author archives: Leon
Photo – Winning the CTT National Championships this year – 2020
National Championships
National Closed Road Time Trial Championship 2020. On Saturday the 10th of October 2020 (last week), my dad and I went to ‘Premier Inn’ at Thruxton in Hampshire for the race the next day. We went with Jack (10yrs) and Edith (13yrs), all of us are members of Suffolk Youth Race Team (SYRT). We had …
Lovely Ride with Megan Barker
Today I went to Milton Keynes to ride with the UCI road team, Cams Tifosi. When we arrived, we met Keith the photographer who works with my sponsors Stonham Barns and we went to the area where the team were getting ready. A few minutes later, I talked to Clover Murray, who came from Colchester …
Going for the Lap Record at Stonham Barns Showground
This took a while to get right. We went through a few weeks of how to get an 11yr old girl, me, to beat some of the fastest male senior riders around the showground. I know if they came back, they would beat me, but that’s not too surprising. We worked on all sorts of …
Continue reading “Going for the Lap Record at Stonham Barns Showground”
Glorious Goodwood – 2nd Race
6th of September 2010 Goodwood, allowed to race up an age group today. Happy with ride, it looks like I’m on target. Trying to average 23mph for 11.7 miles. It was windy and a bit colder than the last time we went to Goodwood. I came 3rd, riding in U16s. It was really good fun …
GLORIOUS GOODWOOD YOUTH TIME TRIAL
11th of August 2020
Training ride around Wetheringset
Lovely steady ride around Wetheringset with Edith
Short Ride around Debenham
Saturday Ride – 1st of August 2020.Still no racing due to Corona Virus. I went for a tail wind ride out for once, with a head wind home. I rode past my sponsors “Stonham Barns” which always brings a smile to my face and reminds me of when I first met Alan, his team and …
2019 End of Road Season summary for Abbey
Whether Abbey ever repeats this years feat of being undefeated at home or in Europe is hard to know, but to do that again would be equally amazing. There are some very talented girls racing against Abbey who were so close to beating her on road and beat her in other disciplines, such as Orla …
Continue reading “2019 End of Road Season summary for Abbey”