It's finished!!!
The season has finally drawn to a close! I have one more local Mountain TT to do and that's it until next year. Phew. I AM KNACKERED. I'm not going to go into too much detail, as I've had a long day and I'm really sleepy, though I do have a couple of fun things to go over.
I'll start with the positives that I've taken this season - after enduring a rough start to the year following a winter of illness and then road race after road race of struggling to feel comfortable in the bunch, by mid summer I was finally pinging and sticking with the other ladies nicely. Each race I've done I've found another thing has clicked, from it being able to move up and put in little attacks to PBing in my timetrials several times throughout the year. The national 10 was a brilliant event, especially to see where I'm at in comparison to other folks. Lots to take out of it.
It's amazing to finally see my fitness move up a notch, going from finding most things a struggle to finding that I can recover well and dig in when I need and want to. This winter will hopefully go much better than last and through it I will be working on losing that last bit of fat needed to turn myself into a "proper" road racer - still struggling on those climbs a little! I'll also be working on my power, we're finding that I'm not actually too far off the mark - maybe 10-20 watts more and I'll be a much different rider. I'll be doing more club runs so I don't enter next season with the fear of the bunch looming over me.
There are a few things I'm gutted about, each British Cycling race I've done has been highly competitive and so I've not come out with any points - I don't mind really, but it's always nice isn't it. Slightly gutted that the one race I knew I could do quite well in I was taken down on the first lap! Still paying for that, lovely scars!
I've got to thank my lovely team Bex and Alex too, although we didn't get to ride together much we Merlin Cycles for sticking by us and providing those lovely bikes - it's been a pleasure and an honour to ride in their kit and race on the Sensa this year.
still stuck together through the season despite a really rocky start to the year. They're both fantastic riders and I'm sure next year will go very far. You may have even seen Bex at the Ride London, with Marianne Vos on her wheel!! Thanks to
Next year is already planned and I'm super psyched to say that I'll be joining the 16 strong ladies team at PH-Mas next year! Love this lot, their junior and women's teams are brilliant and they're the friendliest bunch in the peloton by a long shot - it'll be amazing to be able to work with such a large contingent!
So anyway, without further ado - here are my results - I've a couple more events to do so it's not all totally over yet! Oh, I won a TT by the way! Wehey!
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| (c) Huw Williams |
It's amazing to finally see my fitness move up a notch, going from finding most things a struggle to finding that I can recover well and dig in when I need and want to. This winter will hopefully go much better than last and through it I will be working on losing that last bit of fat needed to turn myself into a "proper" road racer - still struggling on those climbs a little! I'll also be working on my power, we're finding that I'm not actually too far off the mark - maybe 10-20 watts more and I'll be a much different rider. I'll be doing more club runs so I don't enter next season with the fear of the bunch looming over me.
There are a few things I'm gutted about, each British Cycling race I've done has been highly competitive and so I've not come out with any points - I don't mind really, but it's always nice isn't it. Slightly gutted that the one race I knew I could do quite well in I was taken down on the first lap! Still paying for that, lovely scars!still stuck together through the season despite a really rocky start to the year. They're both fantastic riders and I'm sure next year will go very far. You may have even seen Bex at the Ride London, with Marianne Vos on her wheel!! Thanks to
Next year is already planned and I'm super psyched to say that I'll be joining the 16 strong ladies team at PH-Mas next year! Love this lot, their junior and women's teams are brilliant and they're the friendliest bunch in the peloton by a long shot - it'll be amazing to be able to work with such a large contingent!
So anyway, without further ado - here are my results - I've a couple more events to do so it's not all totally over yet! Oh, I won a TT by the way! Wehey!
Date
|
Event
|
Regulator
|
Cat/Gender
|
Result
|
09-Mar
|
CDNW Saighton
|
BC
|
2/3/4
|
34/45
|
Mar-14
|
Roy Killey RR
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
Sick - DNF
|
13-Apr
|
Sheffrec RR
|
BC
|
2/3/4
|
26/26
|
19-Apr
|
CDNW Southport
|
BC
|
2/3/4
|
23/29
|
23-Apr
|
Conister 10TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
27:06:00
|
30-Apr
|
Conister 10TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
25:56:00
|
3-5-May
|
Bedford 3 Day
|
BC
|
E/1/2/3/4
|
GC 69/72
|
14-May
|
Conister 10TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
26:49:00
|
21-May
|
Conister 10TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
25:49:00
|
01-Jun
|
Doncaster Crit
|
BC
|
2/3/4
|
26/26
|
11-Jun
|
Conister 10TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
25:48:00
|
12-Jun
|
Bikestyle HC
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
51/56
|
18-Jun
|
Conister 10TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
26:02:00
|
19-Jun
|
Bikestyle HC
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
54/60
|
22-Jun
|
Fred Kelly RR
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
17/18
|
25-Jun
|
Conister 10TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
25:22:00
|
26-Jun
|
Bikestyle HC
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
48/49
|
29-Jun
|
CDNW Pimbo
|
BC
|
2/3/4
|
19/33
|
03-Jul
|
Bikestyle HC
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
45/45
|
09-Jul
|
Conister 10TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
26:52:00
|
16-Jul
|
Conister 10TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
26:19:00
|
17-Jul
|
Bikestyle HC
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
51/51
|
20-Jul
|
Penrice 25TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
1:07:54 1st Lady
|
23-Jul
|
Conister 10TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
25:59:00
|
24-Jul
|
Bikestyle HC
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
35/35
|
27-Jul
|
John Hamer RR
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
3/4
|
30-Jul
|
2up 10TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
24:54:00
|
17-Aug
|
Rob Roher 25TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
01:08:33
|
23-Aug
|
Hinksman Memorial WTS
|
BC
|
E/1/2/3/4
|
33/36
|
24-Aug
|
Tickhill GP
|
BC
|
3/4
|
Result unknown
|
30-Aug
|
RTTC10 K33/10D
|
CTT
|
Women 18+
|
25:18 59/72
|
14-Sep
|
Mountain TT
|
TLI
|
ALL
|
Yet to do
|
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