After a season of honing my racing skills on the road bike, the first race of 2018 saw the return of the 29er to the XC circuit over at the Brass Monkeys event hosted by Gorrick. Stripping off - Brass monkeys! 3 degrees with clear skies meant a chilly start but after a warm [...]
2018 arrives tomorrow and I'm totally pumped for the year ahead. Goals are a funny set of ideals that take on lives of their own. Some fall by the wayside and others really motivate you to achieve the desired success. The key is to know what you can and can't control so that expectations [...]
The best alternative to bread - EVER! https://www.mynewroots.org/site/2013/02/the-life-changing-loaf-of-bread/ I've been consuming this super food for over a year now and the thought of making a return to 'real' bread makes me feel heavy and bloated at just the thought. It is a heavy, dense loaf so only a thin slice is need. Hence why [...]
Taking part in a study of beetroot for sports nutrition.
O2e Gala Dinner 2017 It was a great honour to host the Annual O2e Charity Gala Dinner on the 18th November. Caroline, Padge and Nira. A few of my fellow committee members. Glad Rags Over 300 glamourous folk turned out for the black tie event at The Brewery in the City and [...]
RAAM Roses Return Since the 6 days and 10 hours in June 2011 that it took for our team, RAAM Roses, to cross the USA, I'm excited to announce that we returning to the race! Enough time has passed for talk to turn into action and we're aiming to break the mixed 4-person team [...]
Injury set back ends season early
It's been a crazy 10 months or so learning about the world of road racing. Last week I notched a 4th place finish which tipped me over the 40 point threshold required to go from 3rd category to 2nd category racing. Over the months, I've learned a lot about road racing. The strategy of [...]
Crit racing is as fun as it sounds. Racing round a closed town centre is intense, exhilarating, dangerous but very fun. My first effort was at the Farnham Town Centre Criterium which was a pretty flat circuit with 60 or so Cat 3 riders giving it a good go. An incline on the home [...]
The wetsuit was dug out for the first time since the Iron distance off-road triathlon, X-Man, in 2012, which pretty much put me off triathlon for life! Not being a massive fan of swimming, I've naturally gravitated away from triathlon in recent years. However, the opportunity to take part in the brilliant JLL Property [...]
