With the ‘peak’ and final event for local riders coming this weekend, the Ditchling Beacon Hill Climb, we present the 3rd instalment of ‘Francis and James do Hill Climbs’ Week 3 of 4 For our next weekend of hill climbs, James and I rode the ESCA Firle Bostal and Velopace Butts Lane hill climbs on…
Read more
Well done to all our Inner Ring riders that took part in the Distance Challenge last weekend. We’ve seen great improvements during the year and 12 riders clocked new PBs. Link to the results below … http://ppycc.org.uk/activities/distance-challenge/
The details of today’s, and future, interval sessions can be read below and are also found on our Winter Activities page To keep those that wish to stay on top of their fitness during the winter in training miles we have our first interval session tomorrow. The track is not booked, there are no session…
Read more
With the summer season closing next week we focus on interval training in tomorrow’s session. What is interval training? Well interval training is a way of structuring your riding so that you get maximum reward from your effort in the minimum time. “Sounds great!” However we could also describe this as digging deep and working…
Read more
The second report on hill climbing by Francis Schofield. Francis and James do Hill Climbs, Week 2/4: Weekend 2 of the Hill climb season was to be the hardest yet for James and I, as we both signed up to race two events on Saturday and two events on Sunday, including the prestigious Catford and…
Read more
Our second and last cyclo-cross race takes place on Sunday 28th October in Preston Park. Please sign-up directly to a role using the Volunteer Link here, or contact anthony@ppycc.org.uk to offer your services. This is a brand new venue which should be easier to set up than our previous venues but, due to its popularity, will…
Read more
Our Saturday morning track sessions are almost over for this year but there’s still plenty more you definitely won’t want to miss over the winter!! The PPYCC AGM and Prize giving will be held 3.00pm – 5.00pm on Saturday 17th November at Knoyle Hall, Knoyle Rd, Brighton, BN1 6RB. This is our annual opportunity to celebrate another brilliant season and all of our riders…
Read more
Saturday 13th October Inner and Outer Ring sessions will be our last Distance Challenge Time Trials of the year. The final opportunity of 2018 to see if you can beat your BPs from the previous events. Inner Ring: u8s 6 laps u10s 12 laps u12s 18 laps Outer Ring: All riders 28 laps = 10…
Read more
Francis and James’ Hill Climbs, Week 1/4: The British Hill Climb season occurs annually throughout October. Hill climb races are essentially time trials up hills where riders race to reach the top in the fastest time possible. To be a good hill climber, you should be light whilst having strong leg muscles and good core…
Read more
Inner Ring – The session is back at home at Preston Park Velodrome after the success of the Club Championships at Cyclopark last weekend! Session runs as usual 9-10.30am, with signing on from 8.45am Outer Ring – There is NO Outer Ring session this weekend at Preston Park, however, there are now a further 5…
Read more