Palace, the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, offer an inspirational race setting. You almost won't want the race to end during an idyllic Saturday afternoon racing three varied laps of this beautiful private estate. There's a few testing slopes

When an email pinged into my inbox from Gatorade, inviting me to train with elite GB cyclists at the Manchester Velodrome and do a (gross-sounding) 'sweat test', it took seconds for me to say yes.And so last Monday evening I left London for a much

I stop at traffic lights. Strange as it may sound, I really can't wait to test how fast I can go on my Genesis Equilibrium 10. I'm expecting sweat, pain and lycra, but my mantra is simple: bring it on!Tomorrow's event marks not only my first cycle

the latter problem by recruiting, or rather bribing, a few training partners. Mention the opportunity to briefly test drive my Equilibrium during a training session to sporty friends and suddenly diaries have cleared. What can I say - she's quite

"Are you ready for the good vibrations?" asks Lars Harms, the UK Academy & Education Manager of Power Plate. It's an unusual question to be asked by a stranger on a Thursday morning, but then I am testing out a rather unusual piece of machinery