It was with a bit of a sigh that I set my alarm clock on Saturday evening. A wake up call starting with a 4 is never my best start to a day. My third weekend of racing in a row after an exceptionally busy work week which saw me missing the majority of my … Read more
The Beaver (Belvoir) middle distance race The beaver is a middle distance race I’ve heard a lot about over the last couple of years and it’s always gets a good report so I decided to enter this year as an early season warm up race. Friday afternoon we drove to Belvoir castle to check in … Read more
Having had a disheartening end to my 2014 race season with a DNF at ETU long distance championships I was keen to get my first race of 2015 completed without any drama. My winter training has been quite different to the previous couple of years seeing me having more rest & increased focused training whilst … Read more
Race Report (well 2 thirds of one) Back in November last year it was pointed out to me that I qualified for the ETU Long distance championships with my Bolton IM result. I paid the £10 to pre-register for it in Feb time and had then decided not to bother paying for the race and … Read more
Ponteland is quite local to my family home so decided to do this so my Mam could come see me race a short course – bit more interesting to watch than her getting drowned in Bolton for god knows how many hours last year at IMUK. Unfortunately – she did get soaked again as it … Read more
IM Austria 2014 was originally meant to be my first attempt at full IM distance but being as I won a last minute entry to IM UK last year, I had already had my ‘practice race’. Now I knew I could get around one, so this year I had new ambitions of getting a fairly … Read more
So here we go! My first race report of the 2014 season. A race I have been really looking forward to but at the same time, a little surprised about how quickly it seemed to sneak up on me. It seems only weeks ago that I was winter training and races seemed to be months … Read more
I went, I had a plan, I stuck to the plan – it hurt! It had been a very up and down week for me post La Santa and wasn’t at all sure how I would do at this race – I really wanted to improve on my 1:45 from Bedford but being as I … Read more
La Santa Having spent a week cycling in Majorca last spring I was well aware of the endurance gains a full week of training away from work and home commitments can make to your early pre season fitness. This year I was very lucky to be treated to a week away to Club La Santa … Read more
So this weekend was my second 24hr MTB event. The first one of these I did several years ago was based in the midlands during the peak of summer – very different to what I experienced this weekend! The event history from their website The Strathpuffer started in 2005 – it was meant to be … Read more