2013 CYCLOCROSS YEAH

2013 Scottish Cyclocross Series
6th  October - Auchentoshan, Clydebank
20th October - Callendar Park, Falkirk
3rd November - Knockburn Loch, Strachan
10th November - Strathclyde Park, Motherwell
24th November - Irvine Beachpark, Irvine 
14th December - Glengom Castle,  Isle of Mull
Best five results to count for series.

Scottish Cycling Cyclocross Championships
8th December - Foxlake, Dunbar

Non Series Races
3rd August -  Haughcross, Aberdour
21st September - Rothesay Cycling Weekend, Isle of Bute
27th October - Loch Lomond Shores, Balloch
15th December - Glengorm Castle, Isle of Mull - incorporating the Scottish Singlespeed Cyclocross Championships

National Trophy Series
13th October - Abergavenny
3rd November - Southampton
10th November - Inter Area Championships
17th November - South Shields
1st December - Milton Keynes
15th December - Bradford
5th January - Shrewsbury


British National Cyclocross Championships
11th/12th January - Derby

VCM colours on road.cc!

details about the upcoming Scottish Cyclocross series, of which road.cc are are a sponsor, are just out.

VCM's own Marty has done a sterling job putting a new website together for the series - http://www.scottishcyclocross.org.uk/

First race - Plean, Sun 4th October. Oh yes! Excited. Hell yeah!

racin' and trainin'

I'm starting to get excited about cross season (only 4 months away!) and consequently have been getting fidgity about racing again. I got an entry through for the Ed Nocturne support race the other day which has fired me up to get a racing schedule sorted. Here's what i'm plotting:

24/05 - Super 6 Crit, Dumfries (3/4 cat)
30/05 - Edinburgh Nocturne Crit (4 cat)
10/06 - Eastern Promise RR (1-4 cat)
27/06 - Lothian Flyer RR (4 cat, fab wee hilly race near Peebles, throughly recommended!)
4-5/07 - Singletrack weekender (not entered yet but sounds fun, any other VCMers going??)
11/07 - 10 at Kirroughtree (pairs with Stevo hopefully)
16/08 - Super 6 Crit, Hawick (3/4 cat, if it's on..)
23/08 - Super 6 Crit, Irvine (3/4 cat)
5/09 - Super 6 RR, Lowthers (4 cat)
20/09 - Nat Trophy CX 1, Exeter (maybe..)
04/10 - Scottish Cyclocross Series Rd1

The crits are ace at simulating the efforts in a cross race and well 10 @ KT is just one of the funnest bike races i've ever done.

In addition to a bit of racing here's what an average week of training might look like in the build up to the cross season:

Weights (x2) squats and core stuff
Intervals (x2) raise power, fitness, efficiency etc
Cross drills (x1) guaranteed heckling from local youths down the park, but fun!
Endurance ride (x1 or 2) mtb, cross or road, shortish - 1.5 to 3hrs done v.steady.

Add in some weeks of heavier blocks of intervals (maybe 2 or 3 before cross season starts) and it all starts to look a little dull I know, but is quite effective and doesn't take up too much time when there's other stuff going on..

What's anyone else got planned??