Chloe made 3rd Cat.. woop de woop

[thePinkDreamMachine]

I LOVE BIKING…..

A much much faster harder race this week. Here is my race report…. … I love biking

I can’t compete with last weeks race report, I drank far too much Belgoo last night for a girl that had a 4.30am wake up call..so here we go…. I love biking


• I peddled really hard… found the big cog ..

• Got caught on the front far too much included the whole last lap… Good training !!!!…

• The buggers caught me 5 meter from the line…. Bummer ….

• Finished 5th lady, possibly 4th. Half a bike behind the winner…… it was a big bike

• 12 points in the bag in 2 races and I got my 3rd cat license = Result


Chloe ‘I LOVE BIKING’ Thomas

Are there AA meeting for addicted cyclist?? I may need to get my self signed up now. My mother (a runner) is despairing, I’ve gone to the dark side,

A ‘ I love biking’ publication

Photos to follow

[Toks]

Hey once again, Chapeau Chloe

[Jon H]

Has the lady on your right nicked your gloves?

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[Toks]

Are you gonna get an Addiscombe shirt Chloe? You're clearly gonna win soon and it'll be great if its done in ACC colours

[quote="Toks"]Are you gonna get an Addiscombe shirt Chloe? You're clearly gonna win soon and it'll be great if its done in ACC colours

[Keith]

[quote="Toks"]Are you gonna get an Addiscombe shirt Chloe? You're clearly gonna win soon and it'll be great if its done in ACC colours

[Michelle]

HEY WELL DONE!!!!!!

I know ALL about this cos you told me last night but,

HEY WELL DONE!!!!!

Team Addiscombe Chicks here we come........

[Btn Jane]

Wow, well done Chloe!!!

[George]

Welcome to the race team Chloe

[Tamar]

Brilliant! Will be soooo cool when your kickin' ass in club colours.

[neilb]

Well done, Chloe - What a result!

Cheers

Neil

[Andrew G]

Well done Chloe (5th) and Bridget (18th).

[Bridget]

Thanks Andrew. In case anyone's wondering, there were 25 riders in total (not 18 ) and actually, 18th out of 25 doesn't seem that bad, although as I was one lap down and lapped by the main group I still can't quite see it as finishing the race.

Sadly I got dropped after the first lap again. I started too far back in the group because one woman got in front of me when we were all going forward to the line and couldn't get up the front! It went off quite fast, as Chloe said, but was ok and I got up the steep hill ok but was quite near the back and had dropped off before the finishing straight.

I felt pretty depressed and was tempted to give up straight away but thought I might as well keep riding for a bit. Then 2 other women who had dropped off caught up with me, along with Maria David and another girl who were doing the coaching bit. So I realised I wasn't the first to drop off, and I had some people to ride with which was nice! We caught up with another girl, but then were lapped by the main group.

Coming up to the line I sprinted and came first of my little group (though to be fair, I hadn't done that much of the work all the way round) also passing another 2 girls who were just coasting along. Well, I thought I might as well get some sprint practice in, even if I had been lapped!

All in all it was ok. I didn't feel like I worked as hard as last week - though it was pretty hard in places, it was nice to be in the little group and get to rest sometimes as well. I just wish I'd been doing it in the main bunch. Amusingly, Nicolas, who was in the mens 4th cat congratulated me afterwards for having been in the break away! I had to explain I was off the back not the front.

[Toks]

Hey Bridget, I was wondering how you got on so. Well done for sticking in there. Its a horrible feeling when the bunch ride away and you just haven't got enough power to stay with them. As most people will tell you its really about lots of practice, more training and eventually you'll get that inevitable bunch finish. We've all been dropped in races especially at the beginning - stick at it and you'll get stronger/better.

[Toks]

March 1, 2008 - London Dynamo - MOD Chertsey - 3W/4W - 18 miles

Pos Name Club/Team Cat Race # Time
1 Lucy Chittenden East Street Cycles 3WJ 22 00:49:20
2 Bernadette Hards VC Meudon 4W 30
3 Maryka Sennema Kingston Wheelers 4W 16
4 Hannah Reynolds Private Member 3W 19
[color=#FF0080][size=150]5 Chloe Thomas Addiscombe CC 4W 17 [/size][/color]
6 Estelle Rogers Pollapalza CC 4W 32
7 Sarah Strong Dulwich Paragon CC 4W 29
8 Emma Craddock South Down Bikes 3W 14
9 Juliette Clark In Gear Quickvit RT 4WV 2
10 Catherine Lusty Kingston Wheelers CC 4W 11
11 Leona Kadir Kingston Wheelers CC 4W 10
12 Rebecca Lodge Private Member 4WV 13
14 Rebecca Slack London Dynamo 4WV 100
15 Rachel Przybylski Charlotteville CC 4W 25
16 Alex Mariu London Dynamo 4WV 24
17 T Corbett London Dynamo 3W 31 @ 1 lap
[size=150]18 Bridget Malarkey Addiscombe CC 4W 15 [/size]
19 Penny Comins Private Member 4W 21
20 Antonia De Barton-Watson London Dynamo 4W 98
21 H Edwards Private Member 4W 26
22 Sandra Smith North Hants RC 4W 8
23 Danielle Archer A3CRG 3W 99
24 F Wallis Private Member 4W 27