Cait Elliott
Irish Elite XC Mountain Bike racer based in Zurich, Switzerland. I am also an architect. Follow @CaitElliott_mtbCAIT ON TWITTER
- @maxinefilby good luck tomorrow! sounds ace. How long ru over for? Zurich is 2hrs away - pop over!
- @ACracer glad to hear you haven't got totally sucked into the dark side! good luck with season.
- @Adrian_McLeavey thanks Adrian, not giving up yet but it is driving me a bit insane!
- @ACracer thanks, I now realiseproperly how frustrating that must have been! Great that u got back, hows it going? have u switched to road?!
- @ajmRea you really do!! was talking to hanratty about a hol in October, Italy? u in? hows London? house/job progress?
- long overdue blog post: http://t.co/QhYTndkN
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Tough times in Switzerland
This is not an easy blog post to write, I’ve been putting it off for a long time. Despite the pretty photos and attempting to put on a brave face, my time in Switzerland hasn’t been going according to plan. … Continue reading
Swiss road biking
Zürich is a bit of a paradise for road biking, on either side of the lake there is a long, small but steep ridge of hills that you can zig-zag up and down for lots of 10-15 minute climbs. The … Continue reading
Ireland vs Switzerland Part II
My last blog post seemed to raise a few opinions so I’d better explain further. As I said before Ireland and particularly Dublin is one of the best places I know for xc riding and training, with a great cycling … Continue reading
Zürich vs Dublin
I’m starting to get annoyed with people telling me I must be in heaven coming from ‘flat’ Ireland to go mountain biking in Switzerland. Actually not quite. Think of Swiss mountain biking and you think of spectacular mountains, massive climbs … Continue reading
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Tagged Dublin, irish mountain bike racing, mtb Switzerland, xco, Zurich
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Alpine mtb in Ticino
Just as we thought summer had arrived the weather made a dramatic return to snowy winter timed perfectly with Easter weekend. The solution? head south and chase the sun! Fellow Irish exile Fiola Foley and I had a road trip … Continue reading
Spring!
The weather has gone nuts and we’ve had a 30C temperature increase in the last 3 weeks and it now feels like summer. I’ve been getting cabin fever stuck in Zurich and the small hills around it so with 17c, … Continue reading
Jet Black indoor trainers – product review
I’ve been using Jet Black Fluid turbo trainers for warming up and cooling down at races for the last couple of years and have been very impressed with their performance (says a lot, I’m extremely anti turbo training!). The Australian … Continue reading
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Tagged indoor cycling, Jet Black, rollers, turbo trainer, winter cycling
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Compressport compression wear
I have been religiously wearing compression clothing from Swiss company Compressport after training and racing for the last two years, and despite being initially sceptical I have found them to be very effective in speeding up recovery. The idea is … Continue reading
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Tagged compression clothing, compression socks, compressport, recovery
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real winter
Until 2 weeks ago the winter weather in Zurich as been no different to Ireland, grey and damp but very little snow or sub-zero temperatures. Things have changed dramatically though and since then its been between -10° and -15°C with … Continue reading
escaping to the sun
Under the disguise of a family holiday I escaped for a Christmas pilgrimage of mountain biking and coffee in the Spanish sun last week. We stayed in Lanjaron in the Sierra Nevadas, an area I know well but that gets … Continue reading
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Tagged freeridespain, mountain biking Spain, Ragley Mmmbop, sierra nevadas
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