April 8th and Spring has finally arrived here in the UK. Well temporarily at least. As I write this I have just come back from the Sunday Social with Brixworth Velo where we all got soaked. Drowned rats. Yep this is the great British weather for us. As the sun was out earlier in the …
It's fair to say I am enjoying - that's the wrong word to use - a bad patch of injuries. A few of which I can pin point as to why they are happening, with others just being bad luck!! Don't increase the training load by more than 10%. This is the general rule that …
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Today was the day I got to test my legs out on what should be the longest run I have ever done. It was the Milton Keynes Festival of running day (http://www.mkrun.co.uk). Nathan had convinced me a few months ago to enter the 20 mile run. Apparently this is great training for the long course …
The summer of 2017. I woke up early to make sure that I could log on to the Challenge Roth registration page. Nathan and I had our fingers on the mouse ready and as soon as the booking system was open we were signed up for race day on July 1st 2018. Just as well, …
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After riding my Cube on more and more technical trails I soon decided - and was heavily influenced by marketing marketing marketing - that I needed a full Suspension bike. I had been riding the Cube for 18-24 months and found that after trips to Nant Y Arian, Cannock Chase and Woburn Sands amongst others …
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