Dannielle Watkinson
The Struggle You Don't Get to See
The side of my 2022 race season, national A races and beyond that you don't get to see.
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Dannielle Watkinson
May 20, 20223 min
The Tour Series | Guisborough Round One
Alright, hello fire in my veins, burning in my quads and lungs that feel like they’re going to fall out of my backside. All fun though,...
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Dannielle Watkinson
May 19, 20228 min
The Tour Series Fireee baby
A goal I’d heard regularly - lots of people I’d met had wanted to race The Tour Series for many years and I guess I never really...
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Dannielle Watkinson
May 11, 20224 min
Sack The Mechanic ft. Some Racing
We’ve all been there with an annoying intermittent fault, either on your car or your bike… there is nothing worse, than trying to get a...
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Dannielle Watkinson
Apr 7, 20226 min
Surviving Team Camp in Spain | 2022
Team-LDN training camp in Spain.
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Dannielle Watkinson
Mar 21, 20224 min
LDN Bonding Weekend
A new season and a new team, this year I'll be racing with Team-LDN and this was our first team meet.
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Dannielle Watkinson
Jan 13, 20223 min
Slip, Sliding In The Mud - New Years Day
Madison cycle-cross on NYD at Herne Hill Velodrome
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Dannielle Watkinson
Dec 6, 20214 min
Cross ? It was bloody furious!
Mud ready, still technically challenged but raring to go, I entered my first cyclocross race. I have to say, it more than lived up to...
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Dannielle Watkinson
Oct 27, 20219 min
National Road Race 2021
A day I didn’t expect to come around so early in my cycling adventure and certainly a day I knew I wasn’t technically prepared for. I...
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Dannielle Watkinson
Sep 24, 20217 min
Onyx GP (Nat B)
Well as always, I didn’t pre-enter this and in fact, had no intentions of doing it: I just haven’t been feeling up to racing… mentally...
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Dannielle Watkinson
Sep 13, 20218 min
Shell Status Approved by Calpe
Why do people bother going on training camps abroad? If you’re like many cyclists or athletes then you’ll be working your buttocks off to...
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Dannielle Watkinson
Aug 12, 20214 min
Bovingdon NatB Team Cup
I’m not sure if I was cycling or swimming for this one… Still on a bit of confidence boost from fourth place the week before, I agreed to...
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Dannielle Watkinson
Jul 30, 20217 min
Berkhamsted NatB Road Race
The Berkhamsted Nat-B road race was a race I didn’t know I was doing until about three days beforehand, having been ill and suffering for...
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Dannielle Watkinson
Jul 8, 20213 min
Cav's Comeback Tour
A race like no other, already producing some incredibly breath-taking stages and leaving spectators speechless, including an opening...
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Dannielle Watkinson
Jul 4, 20216 min
The Hell of the Midlands
The definition of torture, the toughest women’s race in the UK, the first UCI Nat A in over a year (covid... you absolute tosspot). A...
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Dannielle Watkinson
Jun 22, 20217 min
Silver at Team Track Champs
Wow. A day I won’t forget… it was an absolute whirlwind! Our club (RPR) had been planning to do it for a while but unfortunately, we...
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Dannielle Watkinson
Jun 17, 20213 min
Fuelling the mule
We all find out somewhere along our cycling journey, that fuelling is actually very important, it doesn’t make you less cool if you have...
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Dannielle Watkinson
Jun 7, 20215 min
Thetford Road Race
When I say it’s not all cherry toppings and golden glory, I mean it goes all the way down to dog poo. I was ready to pin on a number for...
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Dannielle Watkinson
Jun 7, 20213 min
Giro d'Italia 2021 | Castelli
I wrote this task, as a test of my writing and I feel it deserves a place on my blog. The build-up of excitement for the first Grand Tour...
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Dannielle Watkinson
Jun 5, 20214 min
Testing The Podium
Somehow, I got convinced into doing a crit race at hoghill… my most despised circuit! I’ve been kindly declining that offer for many...
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