Monthly Archives: April 2009

my latest drama…

Posted on Friday 24th April 2009 by Cait

…turns out my ‘bruised’ shoulder was a bit more serious than I first thought.  When the adrenaline from racing had worn off it was really painful, and with no improvement 2 days later I had to pay another visit to … Continue reading →

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Racer Bikes Cup – Lugano/Tesserete

Posted on Sunday 19th April 2009 by Cait

After the last race I realised that you need to get to within a few positions of where you want to finish on the first lap. So I’ve been training for fast starts and hoped to get towards the top … Continue reading →

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Recovery spin with Ciarán

Posted on Thursday 16th April 2009 by Cait

Ciarán came to visit for a few days on his way home from working in a ski resort in Austria so I took the chance to get out with my camera. As a recovery spin we took bikes on the … Continue reading →

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Alpine training

Posted on Sunday 12th April 2009 by Cait

Just coming to the end of an amazing week of hot, dry weather and brilliant Alpine trails. I’ve been working on high end fitness and climbing which is hard work but the reward of singletrack descents make it all worthwhile. … Continue reading →

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Racer Bikes Cup – Schaan

Posted on Sunday 5th April 2009 by Cait

After a long winter of training, cold hands and road biking, my race season has finally started. Its been so long that I was beginning to wonder if I even liked racing still! My preparation over the last month couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Back to Training

Posted on Saturday 4th April 2009 by Cait

As of last Tuesday my knee seems to be back to normal so I’ve been getting stuck into training to try and get back to fitness as quickly as possible. Its such a relief and great to be back on … Continue reading →

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