Louise rounds off a busy week at the World Masters with the 500m TT, the Points Race and the Match Sprint…

For me, Wednesday was the 500m TT. 

The Scratch went to the wire this year in the race that Jan tells us was the highlight of the World Masters Track Champs for her…

By the time I got to the World Masters this year, I had not raced on the track for six weeks and the two weeks that led up to the championships had been spent desperately trying to recover from a virus that had seen me go to bed for three days and lose 10 days of training. 

Mel battles with a bug in the lead up to the World Masters Track Champs…

With the schools going back in September, for me, October is always a month of dodging the latest bug which has been brought through the front door by the children. 

Jan reflects on the Individual and Team Pursuit titles taken at the World Masters Track Champs…

The number of women competing at these Championships has been steadily increasing, ever since I rode my first World Masters Track Championships back in 2005.  

Part 1 of Louise Haston’s blog from her first World Masters Track Champs…

This would be the first time I was able to compete at the World Masters and I was not really sure how I would go, after the past few months, but I was really looking forward to some racing. 

Mel Sneddon gets talked into racing the Walbury Hill Climb, just for the training, obviously…

Having quietly suggested to a few people that I might attempt the local hill climb time trial, there was a little too much laughter for my liking. 

The TORQ Track team take the World Masters by storm and surpass all expectations…

Blogs from each rider will follow, but for now we could not wait to tell you how the team got on at the World Masters Track Championships, which were held in Manchester last week. 

Louise Haston reports on her thrills and spills from the Elite British National Track Champs…

A few of us travelled down to Manchester for the British National Track Championships on Thursday night, to be ready to race on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  

Mel has put in some stunning rides this year in the lead up to the National 10m TT, but sometimes things just don’t come right on the day …

In the eight years that have past since doing any serious time trialling, the competition has become fierce in women’s racing with PB’s tumbling down all aided by the introduction of power meters, faster equipment, better aerodynamics and more intelligent training.  

After almost two months of missed training, following a stroke diagnosed in June, Louise dives in at the deep end with the Scottish Track Championships…

So after all my bad news and not being able to do any proper training for the best part of seven weeks, I made the ridiculous decision to ride the Scottish Track Champs.  

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.  

Mel coaxes (or should that be dupes?)