09/02/2026
So this weekend we finally got our girls together. With the CX season finally over and the focus moving towards the road, Kate picked this weekend to get all the girls together.
They met up at a pretty nice hotel just north of Preston and set of on a ride. A steady 3 hour ride the aim was to spend some bike time in isolation from the wider club / team.
The group is a very interesting one and is far from your typical team make up.
It’s made up of 100% northwest based girls from different social and sporting backgrounds.
They all bring a level of uniqueness to the team that we believe will act as a key part of the team’s development.
After the ride it was time to relax in the spa before eating together early evening.
The following day the group split with the mountain / CX riders heading out with Kate for further road training while the others linked up with Joe to take part in the Preston wheelers reliability ride.
The girls group set off around 10min behind the main bunch so they would be able to ride at a slightly faster pace on the way out.
After the first 20 mile we reached the start of the route proper (hilly section), from girls where asked to ride at their own pace so they could use it as a chance to gauge themselves. Joe swept the group.
All girls hit the hard section well, Ruby setting a pretty high tempo soon started to catch riders in front, Jess, Abby and the others held on as long as they could. Being able to sustain a high pace over 3 climbs in a short period is a key skill to racing and it’s that time of year where we start to work on this.
Girls regroup at around 45 miles and then rode the following 30 miles back together as a group, picking up a lot of riders in the way.
You don’t often see girls setting the pace like this, but it’s something we really want them to work on.....fair today they did it very well.
5 of the girls now head to Majorca with 360 and 2 others head to Portugal with Triathlon.
We really liked what we watched this weekend, it’s a first for 360 and we very much hope it marks a great first team day of many!