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Early Morning Cadence Workout
This morning I ventured out in -6, I new it must be cold because my water froze in the bottle! Here are some pictures of the sun rise over Petersfield.
New Year, New Challenges
As it’s the start of the New Year I have heard a lot of friends new years resolutions, to join the gym, stop drinking or eating sugar. My new years resolution is to gather as much experience in endurance racing as I can and establish my first year riding in the Elite...
The early Bird Catches the Worm.. Or Something Like That!
This year I have been promoted to elite and taken on a new challenge of endurance racing! Its similar to cross country with a mix of open trail and singletrack, but the distances start at around 24 miles which is a vast difference from the short sharp cross country...
Winter training tips to keep you rolling!
After the racing season is over and winter sets in there is a good period of time when cyclists can look to analyse and improve on last years results by putting in some hard endurance miles. It is important you give yourself a few weeks rest between racing and...
SuperGel XC Glove
I have had the pleasure of becoming a Grip Grab local hero and will be wearing and testing out their kit in all weathers for racing and training. So far I have worn their SuperGel XC glove for riding in several times and found them very comfy. I have rather long...
Winter begins!
Today I officially started my winter training after a couple weeks off. Winter training means lots of endurance miles and strengthening up my core ready for the new season in March. With a clear weather forecast I opted for the slightly more fun off road ride....
Exploring the Punch Bowl in Surrey
Not posted for a while been having a mini biking break trying surfing (badly) and coaching some great juniors more about mountain biking, more on that soon! At pedal2pedal.co.uk Went exploring north of our house at the Devils Punch Bowl in Surrey some great trails and...
Mud Sweat and Gears, the final round!
On Sunday I travelled to the final race of the year, Mud, Sweat and Gears at Langdon Hills in Essex. This was my first ever national series race back in 2012 and since then I have done the course three times and it never gets easier! The course starts with a climb...
Mud Sweat and Gears Round 7
Yesterday I travelled to Shouldham Warren in Norfolk. This was a new course for the Mud Sweat and Gears series and I was excited about trying it out. I had not been very well in the run up to the race and had doubts about competing on Sunday but decided as I had made...
British XC Series Round 5, Cannock Chase
National cross country series round five, Cannock chase. I made my way to Staffordshire on Saturday for the last of the national series at Cannock chase. I arrived in time for mid day practise and headed out on the course with Jenny who I had met there. The course...