Enjoying racing in the USA
So it’s been a long trip to the USA, but a successful one. Now that I’m approaching the last weekend in the USA it’s a good time to look back on what’s happened and what is still to come. The trip to USA isn’t an easy one, but there are a lot of people [...]
Day one in Italy
I wouldn’t normally write a blog after just one day of training but today was no ordinary day. To start the day my darling husband produced a Canadian Dave style compliment. Our friend Dave deserves a whole blog to himself he is that much of a legend, so for now lets just say life with [...]
10 Days, 8 Countries, 2 World Cups
It seems like a life time ago that we (that’s the ‘royal we’ i.e Stef) were packing the car and heading off for the first world cup of the season in Aigle, Switzerland. Ten days, eight countries and two races later we are on our way home to Oudenaarde. Having tasted local delicacies along the [...]
Helen Wyman 5th in World Cup
Following a week long training camp in Rimini, Italy, Helen has finished round 2 of the World Cup in 5th place. Taking place in Plzen, Czech Republic, it was first World Cup for women at this venue. Confident of a solid ride coming into the event, Helen made a good start from the front row. [...]
Helen Wyman 6th in World Cup
This weekend we were down in Switzerland for the first round of the UCI World cup cyclo-cross season at the UCI headquarters in Aigle. It was a wicked course, really interesting and I was really really happy as I got my best world cup result since 2008/9 season. Riding the course as always the [...]
A winning return to the UK
Helen Wyman, who races with Horizon Fitness during the summer, has made a great return to the UK with a win in Abergavenny. You can read her blog on her new website at www.helenwyman.com
All New New New for Helen
Some people say that the 3 biggest stress causing factors in a persons life are getting married, moving and starting a new job. Having done all those things in 1 week 6 years ago I figured that just doing the moving part would be easy. That was until I realised how many ‘useful things’ we [...]
Penny and Helen predict Albstadt
Having had the worst 2 weeks of summer weather in living Belgium history (slight over exaggeration but just wishing to emphasise the point) the team decided to try our luck in Germany for a 3 day stage race in Albstadt, one and a half hours north of Switzerland. The race is famous for having potentially [...]
Watching the Tour de France
After discovering the Tour De France would come so close to my favourite training region of the Ardennes the decision as to whether to go watch it or not was pretty much a no brainer. Plus having grown up with a mother who will organize you if you stop for more than 1 millisecond I [...]
Behind the Scenes at the Horizon Fitness GP
As a bicycle rider we don’t always have the opportunity to meet the next generation of us. Those children who might just see or here something that makes them think that bike riding is something they can do as they get older. Perhaps bike riding is not just a faster way to get to school [...]
Helen Wyman in Womens Fitness Magazine
In this months women’s fitness magazine, there is a full page article on Helen Wyman. Helen has just returned to the UK from Canada where she has taken her first win on the season. Keep up to date with all her news on her website and twitter.
Helen Wyman reports from Canada
My final week in Canada started just as the first did with a little dusting of snow and the temperature in single digits. However as with the previous weeks the weather got a lot better plus the roads certainly got a lot more interesting and even more off road. When I first arrived in Canada [...]
Adventures in Canada with Helen Wyman
I arrived last thursday and on friday morning experienced my first canadian moment. We woke up to temperatures of around 1degree, a wind chill of -5degrees and light snow…..in april. Thankfully i had brought kit for all weathers, although i may have ended up wearing everything i had. Fortunately as the weather warmed up so [...]
