Jan 23, 2012

The South West’s No1 team yesterday held their launch at the Mountbatten Water sports centre in Plymouth Devon.  The team principally sponsored by Primal Europe Cycling apparel company had a successful 2011with over 25 wins across the country. Judith Smith head of European Sales  “we were so proud of the team in 2011, not only did they win lots of races but inspired the development of a totally new cycling club.” The day started with a...

Jan 19, 2012

Heart Rate Zones In order to structure training more accurately and to analyse sessions effectively, Heart Rate zones have been developed. The table below shows the 1-6 HR zones used by British Cycling. There are alternative models that use more or less HR zones and arguably the three broad zones of basic, intensive and maximal would be sufficient for most ages up to regional level competition. Training Zone % MHR % VO2 Max Power...

Jan 18, 2012

RUTTCC CLUB NEWS – JANUARY 2012 Club Registrations RUTrainingToday CC is now a British Cycling affiliated club – yay! For those of you who are racing this year, remember to click on RUTTCC (not Primal Europe) in their drop down bar when applying for your licence.  The BC Race calendar for the region has been posted so members can see what’s on offer this year.  Full information about the races and entry forms can be downloaded via...

Jan 17, 2012

. The South West Youth Circuit Series for 2012 will incorporate the following 6 events. . . . 18th March     1st Chard Wheelers Spring Circuit Races Toby Gilmore toby@gilmore.eclipse.co.uk 21st April         Portreath 13th May          Totnes Town Centre Circuit Races Mark Dolan 3rd June            Crewkerne Town Centre Criteriums Brandon Ellis brandon_ellis@btinternet.com 9th July            ...

Jan 16, 2012

With the new season just around the corner, it’s a great opportunity to plan ahead and target some local races, and have a morning out with your new club mates. 26-Feb-12 Sunday S3/13S Plymouth Corinthian CC Robert Scott 04-Mar-12 Sunday S26R/10 CS Dynamo (2 up TTT) Paul Martin 11-Mar-12 Sunday S6/21S St Austell Whs CC George Smith 24-Mar-12 Saturday S103/10 Camel Valley C & TC Martin...