Wiggle Tandemistas play another waiting game …again….

To remind you, we aim to rewrite the record books. Breaking records takes 100% dedication, total commitment from not just athletes but from an entire team. Breaking records is about getting everything right, inch perfect, utterly focused; from the smallest bike adjustment to the meticulous planning of each mile of tarmac. It is not easy bring all these things together and then factoring in other things – the law of sod for intance and of course the frustrating weather patterns that we are experiencing this summer.

We have Ian Michaelwaite from Netweather.tv on our side and he gives us daily updates of weather patterns. This last week when we were supposed to get the S2S record we were thwarted by extremely odd north easterlies that did not abate. We worked out that if we had a 10mph headwind rather that a tailwind for the attpt we would have to find an extra 65 watts per hour over 17 hours and if we could not do that we would lose up to 2.5 hours on the attempt. It is a hugely difficult call and very disappointing once everybody is ready to go and then to postpone. We want this record in the bag. We have to be professional about it so have now a new date of the 18-24 August. So back to building up again for David and I and resorting/reordering team support once more.

Just before the weeeknd I sent the following to our wonderful team and sponsorsors. I would like to share it with you now. It is how we operate. I hope it gives you a wee bit more understanding about what teamwiggletandem are all about.

“We exist to go for records. This reason holds within it a duty to every single sponsor, equipment provider, behind-the-scenes donor, and fans/followers/friends who support us. We are going to ride to beat records to prove a point. That point is to be ambassadors for all of those I have just mentioned as well as for ourselves. We are here to represent, and represent well. We are here to give good ‘brand’. In an era and in a climate in which teams falter or splinter, cease to exist, or just can’t raise funds, we are quite well off. We are lucky with the support we have been offered. Note – we’re not team Sky flush, but we have parts. We have a fair war chest of funds. And most important of all we have each other.”

“That we have each other is a gift. The gift gives back in shovel loads, especially to David, Richard (the team’s DS) and me. But our team is not just a team. This is a troupe, a circus, a closed society, and a family. We should bleed for each other and for these records. We should know how lucky we are that our paths have crossed, so that the next two seasons can be filled with opportunities that afford us memories we’ll cherish for the rest of our lives. Let’s each of us do what we can – or have to – to ensure that each other achieve brilliance and superb fine and fun times, on start lines and finish posts, at the meals, while travelling long miles to places, and everywhere when we spend time with each other.”

“Let’s also use our support system and each other to help everyone reading this have the most successful season’s of record breaking. We also have personal goals, and we each have an obligation to help the other reach those goals. We are each other’s motivators, as coaches, and shoulders if needed. It’s a gift to be in each others lives, record breaking, and having the support and camaraderie that we have.
Let’s be extraordinary…… because we are!”