Cycling dismay as women's events frozen out for London 2012

You should come to palace anyway. There are often girls there that have no idea if they are fit enough. The ride round the circuit and finishing is an experience worth having!

I met Charlotte Blackman on the 50 fixed women ride, and she was really encouraging about coming to Palace too, I'd not really though about it before then. Was pretty reassuring that depsite the potential intimidation of her being an elite rider she was so friendly and encouraging about it. Unfortunately there's no doubt at all that I'm not fit enough to race at the moment (HH on a Saturday is hard enough), and bimbly commuting is no kind of training. But proper club lever stuff and track are something I'd really like to do next year, so I'm planning to write off the summer, blitz the winter training and go from there.