Power Pack 20th July

Unfortunately I couldn't make Powerpack this weekend but I bumped into one of the coaches this week who confirmed that he'd seen our "nippy girls", guess he must have been talking about Lottie, Ellen and Hope.  Well done girls, keep up the good work!

Saturday 6th July

Four of our young riders tackled the Col de Mote this morning, we found a cool shady patch of grass to recover on at the top.  Road re-surfacing meant we had the top loop to ourselves before we headed back for the descent and back to Stocks Green. Back at school riders tested the propulsion properties of their water bottles.

Well done to Luke for his first ascent of Col de Mote.

Picture to follow.

Later that afternoon we headed down to the school to set out a mountain bike course using all the equipment we have. Starting on the field the course headed towards the north end through the trees, then into and out of the willow shelter.  Further down the field a set of tight bends preceded a turn before the adventure play equipment where Jacob had created a chicane section.  Finally riders were guided around the tyres and back to the start.

After a couple of warm up laps, we ran three events on the course, an individual time trial, a mass start race and a handicap race.  All the riders did amazingly with a good range of podium positions.

Pictures to follow.

Saturday 13th July

Morning ride out with Damian and Jacob

A group of six riders made the most of the fine weather to tackle the Col de Coldharbour on Saturday morning.  The group stuck together well on the ascent, with no stops required.  A brief break to take on water and it was on to the rough stuff.  With the sun beating down it was hot work and all were glad of the shade when the trail reached the woods.  Another bumpy ride over the rock hard “muddy field” and it was onto the bridleway for the dry and dusty climb back up  to the road before an excellent descent, with the riders lined out like the pro peleton descending a true Pyrenean Col.  

 

Well done all, particularly Sophia for a strong performance on her first Col de Coldharbour.

Saturday 29th June 2013

I headed over the Kent College Summer Fayre this morning with Polly to run some taster sessions for the children there.  It was a successful session and lots of interest in KVK from the parents.

Meanwhile back in Hildenborough it was business as usual, Viv and Damian stepped in to lead the ride and this is Damian's ride report:

A small but select group of four riders met at Westwood to make the most of the fine weather and tackle the Col de Coldharbour.  Congratulations to Hope for her first non-stop ascent (it just shows what regular riding can do to improve performance) and to Ellen who looked strong despite spending Friday evening at Cyclopark racing.   It was  pleasure to find the off road sections dry and the pace was good.  A fallen tree across the path halted progress briefly before the riders swooped down the trail into the “muddy” field, which was not muddy at all, but rock hard and more like the cobbles of Belgium; fortunately no ones teeth fell out!!  A steady cycle up the bridleway and it was back onto the road for a speedy descent down the Col and back to Westwood.

 

Well done everyone and many thanks to Viv for stepping in to lead the ride.

Another week of racing for the Kent Velo Kids

Last Friday Hope, Ellen, Toni and Polly took part in the penultimate race of Team Darenth's Spring in the Park Series.  This week Sophia competed at Hever Tri and improved on her previous performance to take first place in her age group.  Fantastic performance from you all girls, well done!  Pictures to start with, full reports to follow.

 

 

 

A week of racing for Kent Velo Kids



Great start for Ellen at Cyclopark



Sophia exiting transition at Hever Tri

Whilst I was riding alpine cols with some of the KVG (and KVB), three of our Kent Velo Kids were taking part in local races.  On Wednesday evening Sophia N took part in the Hever Triathlon and finished 5th, taking a minute off her bike time from the previous year.  She was riding one of our club Isla bikes with the standard road tyres switched for cyclocross tyres.  Later in the week Hope and Ellen were at Cyclopark for another go at a Spring in the Park race.  Both girls rode really well, Ellen improved on her previous start and managed to stick with the bunch in the early part of the race.  She went on to finish 4th Girl , (16th overall).  Hope started in a customary relaxed manner and worked her way through the field, finishing as 1st Girl, (3rd overall).  Congratulations to all three riders for cracking riding, just a shame I missed it!



Hope starts at the back to give the others a chance!



Next coached session: Saturday 22nd June Stocks Green sign on 1.45pm
Youth ride Saturday 22nd, road bikes only, please contact me.

Go-Ride at Stocks Green 8th June

The session focussed on track style racing.  We started off by practising some groups riding techniques and experimenting with riding very close and in contact with another rider.  On the track we played Jailbreak before moving onto some rounds of Italian pursuit, team sprint and a devil race.  Great riding from everyone well done.

Next session: Saturday 22nd 9.30am Youth Ride, Go-Ride at Stocks Green 1.45pm - 3pm