Cross country Mountain Bike racing is really picking up steam across the whole UK, after quite a few years of low interest and limited events to take part in. This past weekend saw 4 regional races taking place and it’s been a long, long time since that happened. With road racing struggling for events to [...]
Am currently on my way home having being promised that spring is on the way and England is out of the horrendous winter I’ve managed to miss. The last two weeks have been 2 of the best probably which, considering I’ve had a great time since I arrived, has being the icing on the [...]
Last week the team raced in Johanesburg for the Berge en Dale Classic. 104km on a hilly course. We rolled out at 6.15am. Luckily I’ve discovered some amazing sleeping tablets which knocked me out at 8pm and I had a full sleep before the 4.30am wakeup, thankfully cyclists here aren’t obsessed by [...]
After 6 months of my alarm going off at 4.45 am and dragging my arse down stairs to force down Obscene quantaties of caffiene and porridge oats to get me through the day, my body clock is stuck where i dont want it to be. Will i ever get back to normal ????
Iworked out whilst [...]
I’ve been in South Africa now just over a week and already the tan marks are appearing. Last week the temperature reached high 30s which I’m guessing is 30 odd degrees hotter than home. I flew into Bloemsfontein which is in the middle of a desert in between Cape Town and Johannasberg. [...]
