79 Missing 5 out of the 7 World Cups and not reaching one of my season’s goals of cracking into the top 60 in 2011, why do I feel that this year is going to be any different…? Going into … Continue reading →

78 So the last cross race of the season (for me) would be the biggest yet… the National Champs held in Ipswich. A few weeks before the race I believed that if all went well with training, I would have … Continue reading →

77 Following on from a reasonable race at Round 4 of the National Trophy Series in Derby, it was time to try and retain my Welsh Championship Title for another year. Waking up the morning of the race I wasn’t … Continue reading →

76 Returning home from Turkey I got straight back into the swing of training with the Wednesday being a good 2hr+ MTB ride with all the guys at Gateway Cycles around Abergavenny, the Thursday a 3hr+ road ride with another … Continue reading →

75 Next on the agenda was supposed to be Round 3 of the National Trophy in Southampton. However, waking up the morning of the race with a chesty cough resulted in me forfeiting the race for another year. I remember … Continue reading →

74 Despite having the full week off leading into the final round of the Rapha, I pulled out a fair result, however, doing that for one week sometimes leaves you with fresh legs (hence the good race), but going into … Continue reading →

73 With a very successful first weekend done and tied on points with Hargroves & Rapha for 3rd place, it would be all or nothing going into the final round held at Alexandra Palace in North London. With the Wiggle … Continue reading →

72 Going back 4-5 weeks ago I saw a press release on the British Cycling website about an invitation-only cyclocross event call the Rapha Super Cross. The event was designed to bring three days of super-charged cyclocross racing to venues … Continue reading →

71 So with the mountain bike season done and dusted, it was time to get the cyclocross season officially underway with the first round of the British National Trophy in South Shields, where the start list revealed not only the … Continue reading →

70 After a good effort in last week’s BMBS and with another reasonable week of riding done, I had one last mountain bike race left before I could knock the mountain bike season on the head for another year… ‘The … Continue reading →