Tag Archives: Chertsey

Get your first taste of racing this weekend

Posted on 17 February 2011 by Alex Murray

This Saturday marks the beginning of the road season in the South East for many amateurs. If you’ve not raced before then the London Dynamo Beginners’ Race is a brilliant way to decide if it’s for you. The club has … Continue reading →

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How do you stop 4th Cat riders crashing?

Posted on 11 November 2010 by Alex Murray

Interesting article on Cycling Weekly about the issue of crashes in entry-level races which is being put on the British Cycling National Council agenda: Investigation called for into fourth cat. crashes I’ve been a 4th category rider since 2006 when … Continue reading →

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If you don’t fall off, you finish

Posted on 22 May 2008 by Alex Murray

First, I’ve been on holiday which is why I haven’t posted in nearly a fortnight. Apologies for that but five and a bit days in Rome is something I couldn’t really pass on or interrupt for blogging. As for the … Continue reading →

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Starting too far back

Posted on 25 February 2008 by Alex Murray

That is the observation from Ian Paine as to where I went wrong on Sunday. He’s absolutely right. The mistake I made was to allow myself to drift down the field in the final laps. It’s frustrating but I know … Continue reading →

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12=, the worst finish of all

Posted on 19 February 2008 by Alex Murray

There are many places you can finish in a race but for a lowly 4th cat in a Regional C+ race but I’ve come to the conclusion that 12= is about the worst of them. guess where I finished on … Continue reading →

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Wrecks and Mechs

Posted on 11 February 2008 by Alex Murray

A busy weekend with two days of racing, none of which went quite as well as it could. First a quick hello to Paul, a reader who races and who I met on Saturday at Hillingdon. It’s good to know … Continue reading →

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Another race, another crash

Posted on 7 May 2007 by Alex Murray

Sometimes just finishing a race is a good result, even if you’re comfortably outside the points. Saturday’s 4th Cat Surrey League race at MOD Chertsey was one of those. It was a generally dull race – one club sent about … Continue reading →

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Postively Belgian

Posted on 6 March 2007 by Alex Murray

Never trust the weatherman, not even one that is electronic and thus beyond human error. Otherwise you might turn up expecting a dry race and get a wet one. Or, as happened on Sunday, a really sodding wet one. Usually … Continue reading →

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Race face #1: suffering

Posted on 1 March 2007 by Alex Murray

That’s me gasping for air like a fucked pike on dry land at Chertsey. More race pics here: http://www.londoncyclesport.com/editorialgallery/gallery.asp?uegn=176 That’s mainly people not looking quite as riced as me. Still it looks like I’m putting the effort in at least. … Continue reading →

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First race of the new season: same shoddy luck

Posted on 25 February 2007 by Alex Murray

I was hoping to be able to write something along the lines of “Went OK today, didn’t quite finish in the points but managed to stay up in the bunch” but sadly, and possibly predictably, it didn’t go according to … Continue reading →

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