A Girls' Cycling Compendium

In which the friends and riders of www.minx-girl.com diary their progress through training, racing and general pottering about on bikes.

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Ups and Downs but not quite outs

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The last few months have seen their fair share of ups and downs...    The freakish cold weather meant that most of the trails around he...
Sunday, 3 March 2013

Remember to breathe

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Yesterday saw round 2 of the Innerleithen Innerduro series and we were lucky enough to wake up to blue skies. After a week of little or no r...
Saturday, 2 February 2013

What's up Doc?

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A year and a half after my big crash, I finally had to have 2 damaged teeth removed...right before my first race back at Innerleithen since ...
Monday, 24 December 2012

Festive Commuting

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Today's commute was a bit different to normal... Lots of friendly toots, waves and thumbs up from drivers. A couple of cars ev...
Sunday, 9 December 2012

Bad leg day

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Yesterday we got word that the Scottish Cyclocross Champs was cancelled because of poor weather and course conditions, so that meant an unex...
Sunday, 2 December 2012

Falling in love again

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  It's 2 months since I got home from the Trans Provence and it's been a funny 2 months. 6 weeks off the bike with my hand and ...
Saturday, 6 October 2012

Trans Provence...It was epic!

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  Just over 2 weeks ago I flew out to France to ride in this year's Trans Provence . For those who don't know (or haven't hea...
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Sunday, 16 September 2012

Big Smiles!

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My new bike turned up today, a few weeks earlier than expected. So my plan to take it easy today went out the window as the boys took ...
Friday, 14 September 2012

Don't Panic!

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That's what Chris told me last weekend. But I can't not panic. Anyone who knows me will know that I'm a panicker and a worrier. ...
Tuesday, 28 August 2012

The final countdown

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I've kept this one pretty quite this year to avoid my nerves getting the better of me, but it's now too close to keep quiet much ...
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Friday, 27 July 2012

Whisky Galore (don't try this at home)

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  Last weekend I discovered that the ribs I'd broken when racing in Chamonix weren't quite ready for mountain biking. However, th...
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Monday, 16 July 2012

Electric Assistance

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As previously mentioned , I'm up the duff. And at now 5 months preg, our long-planned holiday of cycling up Cols in the Alps & Pyren...
Friday, 13 July 2012

That was lucky!

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Last weekend Chris and I headed over to Chamonix to visit Dan and Jo. The plan was to ride Dan's new local trails and get some su...
Wednesday, 27 June 2012

The anticipation of adventure

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Summer or no summer it seems that in ‘magazine land’ the sun always shines as the latest issues try to seduce us with stories of epic road...
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Saturday, 9 June 2012

New Adventures

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The last month has been a pretty busy on with lots of new adventures. In early May I went out to Spain for a week of riding with Ciclo Mon...
Monday, 21 May 2012

Climb to calm

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I t’s a place that we go and ride often.  The hilltops are clad with a brush of heather and the combes that connect to the valley bottom c...
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Sunday, 13 May 2012

You're STILL riding?

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My cycling year got off to a slow start after a Christmas skiing accident left me on crutches with a torn thigh muscle. Rats. I gradually wo...
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Friday, 4 May 2012

F.B.R.O.T.Y (and other adventures)

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There's u sually one definitive ride early on each year that marks the end of winter and reminds me of the promise of the coming months ...
Friday, 20 April 2012

It's all biking ...

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I have always had an affinity for hills.  It doesn’t have to be mountains – although a decent, properly craggy top will always gra...
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