Nov 4, 2011

. It’s that time of year again for the annual RUTT training camp. Great time had by all last year as you can see by the photographs on our Facebook page RUTrainingToday are pleased to announce the 2012 training camp to Mallorca details. The dates available are between: Sunday 26th February to 10th March 2012. What you get on your training camp: Transfers from Palma airport to your hotel and back again. Stay in a 4*complex in Port...

Sep 2, 2011

730km, 7 Stages, 15 Alpine Cols, 17000 M to Climb. www.hauteroute.org Last week I rode in the 1st edition of the Haute Route race from Geneva to Nice. Running over 7 timed stages including an individual time trial it is probably as close as an amateur can get to experiencing the reality of a Grand tour. It is organised by the team behind The Etape and clearly aims to take over from it as the ‘must do’ event of the summer – by the time...

Feb 23, 2011

Why rent a bike on training camp? As most of you know we (James & I( are in Mallorca at the moment on the inaugural www.rutrainingtoday training camp.  James has brought along his own bike whilst I decided, for the first time in 8 visits to the Island have hired a bike from www.procyclehire.com James story It takes him 45 minutes to pack his bike, some difficulty taking pedals off and getting the bike in the bag.  Then he had to take the...

Oct 17, 2010

Get a headstart in 2011 – Mallorca Training Camp With this in mind, RuTrainingToday.co.uk is offering the opportunity to get a headstart on the competition for the 2011 racing season. Unfortunately,unlike the pros we cannot send you on an all expenses paid junket to the Tour Down Under in January, however, we do have the next best thing. RUTT is running an exclusive training camp on the Spanish island of Majorca, the homeland of the...

Aug 10, 2010

Three weeks previously an end to end had been something i knew I would do some day.  I mean like most of my competitors the summer months are taken up with racing usually twice a week.  This is a problem for fitness though as your endurance ebbs away right through the year until an hour race seems like three hours. This year however a gap in the calender appeared and I took advantage.  A phone call from Richard Wilkinson and suddenly i was...