Jan tells us about the racing in the fifth and penultimate round of the National Series, as it heads north over the border into Scotland…

If the British are preoccupied with the weather – and apparently 70 per cent of us check the weather forecast at least once a day – then British track cyclists are totally weather obsessed.  

Paul Whittaker is a long distance runner from Southend, who enjoys competing in a variety of endurance events from 1500m to the Marathon and has currently clocked up some pretty impressive PB’s. 

Having attended and raced every single Bontrager 24/12 since the event kicked off 9 years ago, it was great to get along to the 10th Anniversary edition, for another good weekend of racing. 

The final round of the British Cycling National XC Series headed to Cannock Chase in the West Midlands, a venue on the doorstep for many of the team. 

I was originally supposed to run the full Marathon, however, it was decided I would run the local inaugural Hoad Hill 1/2 Marathon instead. 

Mel coaxes (or should that be dupes?) 

After setting a new PB and winning four silver medals at the Masters National Track Champs in Newport, Lou heads home to Edinburgh, but ends up in Gloucester hospital instead…

On the Sunday afternoon, having won my fourth silver medal at the Masters National Track Championships, I decided to head home to Edinburgh rather than race the points race.  

Louise Haston digs really deep and performs incredibly well at the Masters National Track Championships despite feeling (and subsequently confirmed she was) very ill indeed…

Training had been going really well leading up to the Masters, we had a trial run at one of the Scottish Cycling sessions the week before and I managed two personal bests, one in the flying 200TT and one in the 500TT, so the indications were excellent and I was really looking forward to the Masters National Track Champs in Newport. 

After 6 rounds of the Midlands XC Series, in a race season that seems to have flown by, 4 riders from the TORQ MTB Team headed to the 7th and final round of the Series at the picturesque Dudmaston Hall, a 17th Century Country House and Estate in Shropshire, with the series titles all at stake. 

Iain Robertson took part in the Alpe d’huez Triathlon, which has been won by some of the biggest names in the sport, including the unbeaten World Ironman Champion Chrissie Wellington. 

Our TORQ Track Team Manager Jan reports from sunny Reading, after racing the fourth Omnium in the National Series for 2015…

Pictures courtesy of Jun Aishima – full set available here

There are many reasons why this Series is such fun and the Fourth round of the 2015 Series, in Reading, was a great reminder that there are some fantastic people within the cycling community and I feel lucky to enjoy some great friendships through my sport. 

Yet another TORQ team member receives an Overall Age Group win at the British Triathlon Championships.