No sooner have we welcomed in the New Year that the early season circuit races are about to get underway. For those interested here’s what’s coming up: Hillingdon Winter Series u8s through to u16s. Every Saturday for 5 weeks commencing tomorrow, 6th January. Entry on the day. Lee Valley Youth CC Winter Series at Redbridge…
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Although the end of the coached club sessions was only 6 weeks ago we’re already looking forward to the 2018 season. It’s been great to see many of our riders have been competing in Regional and National Cyclocross races across the age groups as well as the track at Calshot and a strong presence at…
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Tomorrow’s session is week 4 in our first block of jnterval training. Meet at Preston park track 9:45am ready for 10am start. It’s going to be cold in the morning so make sure you’re well prepared. Week 4 Warm up: 10 minutes in a middle to low gear, pedalling with high cadence. Small ring, middle…
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Tomorrow morning is week 3 of our first block of interval sessions and it’s a pyramid session where interval length decreases with each interval but the intensity increases until we reach the peak. We then go back down the pyramid where interval intensity decreases but the interval length increases. It’s going to be sunny but…
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As the PPYCC coached sessions have now finished for the 2017 season we thought it would useful to highlight winter training and racing opportunities to help riders build on the great improvements they’ve all made this season. Just get out and ride ! There are a few straight forward options that don’t require travelling hours…
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The final Inner Ring session for our 2017 season will be a Distance Challenge. Please check out your results from the previous distance challenges and let’s try for as many personal bests as possible. We’ll start with the u8s 6 laps, u10s 12 laps and U12s 18 laps. Riders will be set off individually at…
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Due to the strong winds forecast tomorrow morning we have take the decision to cancel the Inner Ring session. That doesn’t mean that training has to wait until next week – if you have a turbo trainer it’s an ideal opportunity to do a quality session indoors. We’ll be back the following Saturday for the final…
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Tomorrow’s Inner Ring session will focus on your attacking and breaking away skills. The forecast for the morning is still dry but with the wind it will be cool so please dress appropriately. Our advice is to have legs fully covered, long sleeves and a jacket. As usual please ensure bikes have already been checked before…
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PPYCC’s biggest race weekend is almost here – Cyclopark Autumn Classic tomorrow and London Cyclocross League race at Happy Valley, Woodingdean Sunday. Thank you to the volunteers supporting the events across the weekend. Fantastic to see so many PPYCC riders have entered the Cyclopark race. We now have over 70 entries. If you haven’t already…
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Just a reminder for those for you that haven’t already entered that it’s the PPYCC annual circuit championships at Cyclopark this coming Saturday with the first race kicking off at 12:00 with the u8s and u10s. Online entry is available at British Cycling Website, please can as many riders as possible sign up in advance…
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