By Amy Bradley (Twitter @aimzbradley) Battle on the Border appears to be the QLD version of the Tour of Bright. A QLD long weekend with grades A-C for Men, Masters and Women, plus some juniors racing! 500 competitors over all the grades, but no mountains to ride up, some lovely warm weather and a location…
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Lisa Jacobs – Battle on the Border vs Mt Beauty 6 Hour MTB
In an Eagle vs Shark kind of way… By Lisa Jacobs (Twitter @LJridehappy) My race report from Battle on the Border (last weekend in Qld) is way overdue. As is my race report from the Mt Beauty 6 hour MTB race the previous weekend. As is my uni assignment. So, in the interests of multi-tasking,…
Gracie Elvin – Everybody’s Free (To Ride Their Bikes)
By Gracie Elvin (Twitter @gracieelvin) Hi all, just a little ode to a classic 90’s hit revamped in the theme of cycling. This is the original if you don’t know what I am talking about… Ladies and Gentlemen of the European racing season of 2012. If I could offer you only one tip for the…
Gracie Elvin – Europe; Part 2
By Gracie Elvin (Twitter @gracieelvin) There have been some big ups and downs since my last post. We had a hard weekend of racing in Belgium and I managed to earn my first podium, a 2nd place in Omloop van Borselle! Then the next day we raced GP Stadt Roselare, the last of the spring…
Miffy Galloway – Eyes On The Prize
By Miffy Galloway (Twitter – @MiffyG) “For me, goals are my road map to the life I want. They have helped me accomplish things I once thought were impossible.”? – Catherine Pulsifer I started cycling to achieve one specific goal. I didn?t realise it at the time, but when that goal no longer became viable,…
Nat Langer – QSM Battle Report 2012
By Nat Langer The QSM/Upper Limb/DWBH/Velo women?s team performed admirably last weekend at their first NRS race for 2012. Lining up for women?s A were Jane Walker, Claire Trembath, Maddison Vit and Natalie Langer, while Jemma Brown battled on solo in her last series of races for women?s B. In the short but technical TT,…
Amy Bradley – Tour of Mersey Valley Race Report!
By Amy Bradley (Twitter – @aimzbradley) Held in Mersey Valley Tasmania, the first round of the Womens Nation Road Series was raced over challenging terrain in equally challenging conditions. 3 stages over 2 days compromising a Time Trial and 2 hilly Road Stages, the Women?s Total Rush team were looking forward to racing against Australia?s…
Gracie Elvin – Europe; Part 1
By Gracie Elvin (Twitter @gracieelvin) Wow this year has gone fast already! Since my last blog post in January, a lot has happened. My team and I had a great training camp in Adelaide with the GreenEdge-AIS ladies, including their international team mates Judith Arndt, Loes Gunnewijk and Claudia Hausler. We did some massive days…
Sam Horgan – Doubling Up At The National Club Champs
By Sam Horgan?(Twitter @Sam_Horgan) It has been a busy last week, but also a very satisfying end to the first half of the 2012 season, as I managed to win both the elite men?s time trial and road race at the National Club Champs. After sixteen hours of flying time and another eight hours of…
Daniel Barry – Club Nationals; Detonation
By Daniel Barry I travelled to Hastings this weekend for the New Zealand Club Nationals road race. The race didn?t pan out as I had planned (quite the opposite) but I have still come away feeling positive about the way things are going. I went into the race feeling confident about my form but a…