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How do you keep training through the Winter?

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How do you keep training through the Winter?

Why do you need to ride in the winter?  Because… because…because… 

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Group rides – love them or hate them?

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Group rides – love them or hate them?

Why do I use the term ‘dreaded’ in relation to what ought to be a nice, happy, social ride? Find out what group rides have taught me.

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Goals - no goals?

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Goals - no goals?

Top Tips for a bit of goal setting and motivation in 2021.

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Riding in the dark – Love it or Hate it?

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Riding in the dark – Love it or Hate it?

When I was commuting to and from work on my donkey commuting bike, I never gave the darkness a second thought.  I’ve been wondering why that was? 

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Too cold and miserable to go out?

Cycling training

Too cold and miserable to go out?

A very good friend of mine recently posted about a 13mile run she did on a really cold, wet day last week, when it threw it down with rain all day.  That was the day when I had already wussed out of doing my scheduled training ride for exactly those reasons: cold and wet!

It was such a wake-up call to me; you get out what you put in.

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