by Victoria Hood | Thursday, 17Apr, 2014 | Race Reports, Victoria's Blog
Stage 4 TT Final morning of racing! Weather forecast was sunny but when we arrived outside the hotel at 7am it was raining! Again we were all knackered. We were then told that the start time had been changed and we didn’t need to meet until 8! We could have really...
by Victoria Hood | Wednesday, 16Apr, 2014 | Race Reports, Victoria's Blog
Stage 3 Gozo RR 6.30am START!! We all stood around looking like zombies! I’m sure this race was becoming more about who could tolerate fatigue the best! Frankie had, as we expected, seized up overnight and couldn’t race. Jon Miles very kindly offered her a lift and we...
by Victoria Hood | Tuesday, 15Apr, 2014 | Race Reports, Victoria's Blog
Stage 2 San Martin RR After yesterdays debacle I made sure I was ready and waiting outside the hotel with plenty of time. I was totally knackered which seemed to become the theme for the week. There had been a big group of 14-year-old girls (staying in Malta to attend...
by Victoria Hood | Monday, 14Apr, 2014 | Race Reports, Victoria's Blog
We arrived in Malta on the Tuesday evening to find the organisers of the race waiting with transport. The air was warm! Yippee! Finally some heat. By the time we arrived at the Hotel Soreda we had missed dinner so opted to go out to a local restaurant rather than go...
by Victoria Hood | Friday, 7Mar, 2014 | Race Reports, Victoria's Blog
To be honest I wasn’t really looking forward to this race! Our team had just got back from training in Spain and my legs were pretty tired after trying to follow my team mate, Frankie the mountain goat as she will from now on be known, up some extremely taxing climbs!...
by Victoria Hood | Wednesday, 5Mar, 2014 | Victoria's Blog
‘It was cold and wet December day when we touched the ground at …… Hellaby Hall Hotel (sorry, lifelong U2 fan) OK it’s not JFK but it is a very grand hotel and the perfect presentation venue for the 2014 Tickhill GP. “I think we may be slightly underdressed” my able...
