…believe me, after sprinting (well, trying to) through a ridiculously sloggy boggy mudfest, getting overly friendly with a tree and JUST managing to hold on to the handle bars to make it to the bottom of this CRAZY descent being able to wing it comes in very handy!Â
The Innerleithen 'XC' enduro. What. A. Weekend!! Though, I must say, [...]

…oh yes, 2011 saw me being sick in pretty much every race, having mechanicals and on the floor with in the first 30seconds of my first World Championship race… However, 2011 also saw me over come each of these set backs to finish the race, I tried new biking disciplines and learned A LOT!

I'd say [...]

Welcome back to my training blogs for 7dsLIVE and thanks for following so far. Quite a lot of information was covered in Part 1 and Part 2 so to recap:
We looked at the importance of a start point = where are you now as an athlete?
We looked at a direction = where would you like [...]

Welcome to Part 2 of 7dsLIVE: Starting in the Right place. Yesterday, in Part 1 I talked about the need to establish where I am as an athlete and why this is important. The second part of this blog looks at my second-stage self assessment and how I use that to plan the following season. 
I carried out my [...]

Welcome to the first part of my 2012 project 7dsLIVE. If you’ve read my introduction to this part of the Seven Deadly Spins project HERE then you will know that this is the final phase and is built around sharing the things I have learned as an endurance athlete. Covering everything on a blog is [...]

This morning’s weigh-in continues the trend: more weight removed and lower body fat to match. So bag and bike find themselves loaded into the car and we are back on the road again with racing in mind and sunshine glinting through the misty Dorset countryside. A test in store “just to see” how [...]

Dried earth upon the mat from Summer past
and in the kitchen bottles cast aside
carry the dirt and grime from last nights ride
like memories of fun that went too fast
Step over now, the kit lays by the door
and mounds of washing, by machine in wait
the tracks that cross between the door and gate
tell [...]

This race was the absolute filth! 3 weeks previous I agreed to taking part inthe Relentless 24hr race – it seemed like a good idea… but after my first two laps and coming in like this:

 

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It didn't feel like a good idea anymore, AT ALL!!! Two laps down six to go… yay.
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