Champions Dinner
On Wednesday night I received an email regarding the champions of cycle sport dinner and I have to admit I’ve never heard of this event until then. Hannah laughed when I told her I originally thought the event took place in York and not London. Then next day Hannah rang me to confirm she was [...]
I finally got my hands in the air
It was amazing to finally get my hands in the air and being at such a prestigious event the Newport nocturne made it even better. With thousands of people there to watch and it being the first ever women’s event we had to put on a great show. Fast and furious from the start with [...]
Penny and the team on Tour of Brittany
Here’s a little insight of our awesome Tour of Brittany. We came away with top 10 results in a UCI Pro stage race. Not only that we, have a lot of positives to take away from the experience to share with you as the girls explain: Corrine – Thinking about it, there wasn’t one particular [...]
Ups & Downs along road to Brittany
From the highlight of my season thus far finishing 2nd in the British U23 national championships, to ending up on the floor at Curlew Cup…… Its been an emotional couple of weeks! Luckily my crash wasn’t too disastrous and with 5 minutes on the next group I still managed to cross the line in 12th, [...]
Back to home comforts – at last
It’s been a busy few weeks for all of us, making it a great feeling to be back in the comforts of home and having time to reflect upon the last races which lead us up to the National Championships next weekend. Firstly Matrix Fitness – Prendas aimed for the team title in the Johnson [...]
Johnson Health Tech GP Series Launch
On a cold and wet morning Penny and I headed down to Stoke-on-Trent for the launch of the 2012 Johnson Health Tech Tour Series, to represent the Matrix Fitness-Prendas girls. We rocked up in our swish team casual clothes, only to be out done by the Team UK Youth lads; Pov and Niklas. Wearing tailor [...]
Yorkshire style, that’s how we roll
With only one day left it’s nearly the end of our team training camp and it’s just the Yorkshire lasses left; Annie, Penny and their mini me (Jessie). We have time to reflect on the good times from the past two weeks. With no worries in the world as time stands still here in Limoux, [...]
I genuinely love the feeling of riding my bike
I’m in Italy now for a training block following the team launch last week. It’s been a very happy past few days here in Italy, I enjoy waking up in my boyfriend’s apartment heading out on my bike in the sunshine, coming back to study and then later on relax to watching films or going [...]
Penny Checks in before Spanish Training Camp
After a very relaxed and enjoyable winter, with only simple things on my mind such as which Christmas film to watch next, which chocolate to choose from the selection box and whether there should be more logs on the fire. Along comes 2012, and its true to say on behalf of me and the rest [...]
Penny’s National Championships Blog
My first year as an U23 i didn’t know what to expect. But with a good winters training behind set by coach I seemed to have managed the jump alright. The real test comes at our British national championships where everyone wants to do well and pull a performance out the bag. Great thing was [...]
Penny writes home from Lanzarote
This Christmas was going to be quiet as I hadn’t planned on going anywhere. Just thought I wasn’t going to see Josh for 10days as he was going away with the world triathlon champs, the Brownlee’s. Luckily there was room for 1 more in Josh’s apartment so I took the opportunity up, booked my flights [...]
Penny report from Inter-Area Champs
After a month’s rest off the bike back in October, I’ve gotten back into the training routine of things and have now started an open uni course on psychology to keep me busy. I’ve been able to get the winter miles in, although for some reason I can’t seem to resist abit of cross every [...]
My Dad……the nutter!
I’m known for being a little bit useless with travelling, as I have no sense of direction whatsoever and would be lost without my sat nav. So to make it from Belgium to Newport with a bike box by 3 trains and 2 taxis gave me a chance to redeem myself. Once at Newport I [...]
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 [...]
European Junior Tour of Assen
After riding the Tour of Limousin, my first ever women’s pro race with Horizon Fitness, I knew Assen wasn’t going to be much compared. It was such a great experience being chucked into the deep end, getting to grips with what a real race is like…hard! My aim for the tour was to hang in [...]
Alps riding for Penny Rowson
I set off from Leeds/Bradford airport, on a plane with the Yorkshire Roses on it, (guaranteed to be a good flight) with a group of cyclists also from Yorkshire. It was my boyfriends crazy idea to go ride the Alps, so I thought why not, let’s give a go. The plan was.. arrive in Geneva, [...]
Sunshine in Melbourne for Penny
After weekends of cafe rides it was nice to get a number on my back. I headed over to Melbourne…….not the one in Australia, where I rode the women’s team series race. It was a good turn out to say it was forecast to rain, and although it had been chucking it down everywhere else [...]
Coffee Rides and a Trip North
For a change I headed up north last weekend to do the women’s CDNW race at Clitheroe. There was a men’s race on just before us and their course was lovely, very hilly, and the sun was shining. Come our race and they managed to find a pan flat course, made us go round it [...]
10 Photo's from the Bedford 2 Day
Here are a small selection of the best shots from the Bedford 2 Day:
Penny Rowson Report from Holland
Recently I decided to give Cheshire classic a miss to ride in the Borsele 3day event over in Holland. The standard of competition was high with national teams competing such as; Great Britain, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, and Denmark.. it was going to be tough! I’ve been riding in Holland since I was 11years old [...]
Penny Rowson – Video's from Holland
Penny has just returned from Holland where she has been racing in the biggest Junior women’s events on the UCI schedule. Here are some video’s of the stage finishes for you to enjoy (And a big crash on stage 4)!: Stage 1
April Fools in Majorca
I’ve been coming to Mallorca for a good 5 years now and somehow managed to be very lucky with the weather! Just to rub it in it’s been up to 27oc! And I’ve seen team mate Alex Greenfield out here so hope the weather stays good for her. I love coming out here it’s like [...]
Sunshine and free oranges
From the Yorkshire hills to Mallorca mountains.. After a very long journey, were our flight was over booked I’ve finally made it to Port Pollenca! On Tuesday a group of us (Rowson family, Wallis’s, Tanner, Cole + Pedder) arrived at Nottingham airport. Only to find out BMI baby had over booked the flight and only [...]
Penny on Trains, Spaghetti and Belgium
I’m from Sheffield in Yorkshire but this weekend I went to the weird and wonderful Belgium where Bryan Taylor took a group of us. He’s taken female cyclists over to Holland/Belgium numerous times with the help of WCRA supplying some funding. Giving us girls the chance to get stuck in to some proper racing.
