Tuesday, 3 September 2013

The good ol' 26 vs 29'er argument!

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Not many people realised, but I had two bikes at WOC this year. One, I had last year, my trusty 8.4kg 26'er Diamant. The other, my new 1...

WOC overview

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To go with the other posts I've written, I thought a summary of the week might be good for those without much time to read my other leng...

World Champs Long Distance

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The WOC week was an unusually busy one. I almost didn't stop from Sunday until Relay day, when I finally managed to find a little time t...
Thursday, 29 August 2013

Silver in WOC middle

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My new bike! Diamant Apex T29.1 This is actually my 5th silver of my career (3 at junior level and 2 at elite) which are framed on eithe...
Tuesday, 27 August 2013

World Champs Sprint, from 1st to 5th to DSQ

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What started out as a really good race went wrong in two ways that should never happen. We arrived at quarantine in the morning before the...
Saturday, 17 August 2013

The countdown begins ...

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... actually the countdown began several weeks ago, but each week begins a new countdown. One less interval session done, one less training ...
Sunday, 28 July 2013

O-Ringen 2013 - An 'organisers' perspective

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When I moved to Scandinavia last year, I was immediately asked if I wanted to go to Boden by Hans Jørgen. Naturally the first response has t...
Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Race 10 - long distance

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It's been a few years since I rode in a mass start. The last was a poor experience in 2011, but before that, two in Hungary which I rath...
Thursday, 20 June 2013

The re-race and World Cup leader!

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I'm now up to Race 9 in my 3 weeks of racing. Fairly intensive but fortunately I have the fitness to deal with it. Prior to todays race...
Tuesday, 18 June 2013

EUROPEAN CHAMPION!!!

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Yes, you read that right! I'm European Champion of the middle distance. Still not quite sunk in yet ... After the stress of yesterday,...