http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog The Wattbike Blog Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:25:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Friday Night Wattbike League Friday 5th January saw the return of the Friday night Wattbike league at Friary Grange Leisure Centre. The Wattbike league is based on the type of racing commonly seen at indoor velodromes and provides 5 different events for each competitor to participate in. Riders are split into ... http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2010/01/friday-night-wattbike-league-is-back/ After a week off with a bad lung! not needed - I was back on the Wattbike last night pushing some big Wattage on ABGL 6, loved the feeling (afterwards!). Off out ont he raod bike today as heard its going to be icy over the next week so ... http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/12/pushing-the-watts/ Since this morning Oxford and Cambridge have both had Wattbikes. We are waiting to hear of the first epic performance by one of their athletes, but as soon as we do we hear what the light blues are doing we will be winding up the dark blues for a bit ... http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/12/the-boat-race-only-on-wattbikes/ Spoke with Eddie (watt bike expert) yesterday about training zones and after my rest week this week I'm ready to hammer it over the xmas period. Got to have an excuse for all the mince pies I will be eating!!  Did a vo2 max test at Nottingham Trent Uni this ... http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/12/christmas-training/ Getting back into the routine of training now, after going to the awards for British Triathlon on Saturday night (won age grouper of the year, yipee!) and sitting with a world class table of athletes I am motivated to go. Eddie (Wattbike coach) and I had a phone conversation yesterday and he ... http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/11/awards-and-first-wattbike-sessions/ He beat me to it, and posted his first entry before I had a chance to introduce him, but here goes. Nick is the reigning World Age Group Triathlete and is just getting back into training in the lovely British Weather. Here is how he describes how he got into ... http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/11/we-have-a-new-blogger-welcome-nick-dunn/ After a few months of little training its time to get going again. met with Eddie (WattBike coach) least week and about to start my first session set by him on the bike - with the rain today im glad im inside. http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/11/ready-for-action-finally/ We have just noticed that our friend Dave Reedle has picked up a silver medal at the Para-Cycling World Cup in Manchester. A PDF of results is available on the British Cycling website http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/11/congratulations-dave/ We were very impressed when Jamie Staff broke Chris Hoy's record for 200m on the Wattbike, and thought that it would last a while. Apparently we were wrong. Last week in Holland some of the Dutch rowers took on a few pro cyclists. Over 2oom Jan-Willem Gabriels, Silver medallist in the ... http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/11/sorry-jamie-but-your-200m-title-has-gone/ Some good pics of the Brereton Wheelers Wattbike Night at Lichfield Friary in September can be found at Martin Sutton Photography http://www.wattbikeranking.com/blog/2009/11/pics-of-the-september-brereton-wheelers-wattbike-night/