Gorrick Brass Monkeys Race
A hard earned 2nd place at the 2nd race in the Brass Monkeys series at Minley in fantastic conditions.
Road Racing Revival
After a sparse road racing calendar in 2019, my fitness began to drop more than I'd anticipated it would. Switching the default outdoor ride choice from road to MTB has been really fun and [...]
Regional Champs – Southern XC at Crow Hill
A few days away in Cornwall with the family and friends was possibly not ideal preparation ahead of Round 3 of the Southern XC Series. A couple of coastal rides kept the legs ticking [...]
Caesars Camp at it’s best
With each day, we edge nearer daylight saving time. Getting to the highest point for the rising of the sun is the best possible start to the day. When I was running, this was my [...]
Gower love
One of my favourite parts of the British Isles is the Gower Peninsula and today only reinforced that. The last visit here was pre kids and with a house full of mates and their partners. [...]
Spring is coming
Seeing the light.
Parentini Bike Wear
Parentini If you've never heard of Parentini before, they're an Italian company that have been making cycle clothing since 1976 and have supplied custom clothing for professional racing cyclists and teams over the [...]
Handing over the O2e baton
Writing this in final days as the custodian of O2e, it's been fun to look back over the last two years as Chair of our wonderful charity. Being the successor to Slatts was a daunting task [...]
Breaking 80
2019 2019 sees me take on several of the usual cycling challenges, the first coming thick and fast at the end of January in the 4 day Costa Blanca Bike Race on the mountain [...]
National Marathon XC Championships
Manx100 - was it meant to be? Heading up the M6 fully loaded with the Lavington brothers aboard, a text came through from the ferry company that our 11am crossing from Liverpool to Douglas, [...]
Town Centre Crit Racing
Photo courtesy of Nick P Photography Off the back the long and hot 60 mile Lingfield Road Race where I sneaked a point placing 15th, it was time for a racing of [...]
The Event Bucket List
Events that just have to be done before we can’t play anymore.
Dragon Devil Ride L’Etape Wales
Some things are meant to be Having focused recent training on short high intensity efforts to replicate a town centre crit, I ended up using a different energy system on Sunday 10th June. Up [...]
Favero Assioma Pedals – Review
Having dived into the world of training with power thanks to my superb Wahoo Kickr and TrainerRoad combination, it was only a matter of time before I felt I 'needed' power when training outside. [...]