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I’d entered the Manchester BUPA 10k as I’d read that the course was very quick. Luckily HSBC had some reserve places and I was lucky to be given a entry to the race. The week prior to the race my HSBC T-Shirt arrived but still no chip from BUPA. This was a slight concern but on arriving home on Tuesday the envelope had arrived with my number and I was good to go. I arrived in Bury on...
read moreMy 25m Time Trial pursuit of the sub 60 time continued at Wisbech Wheelers 25-mile Time Trial out in the Fens. The course consisted of 2 laps of a 6-miles stretch of road between 2 roundabouts completely in the open. A tough breeze made it hard as it seemed a very hard outward leg and yet very hard crosswind on the way back. There was a 30-min delay to the start because of torrential rain. I...
read moreThe guys at work seem to have a preference of drinking from the coffee machine but not going to get any rounds. So to highlight the lazy team member of the week I’ll be updating the poll on my blog.
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We’ll it was the first cross country of the year in Round 4 of this year’s cross-country championship in Watford on Sunday. The course was a challenging 5 mile course, held in Cassiobury Park, Warford. I recorded a time of 35:20 and 17th place overall out of the 265 athletes that took part. I started off slower than normal to try and pace myself through the hard course. However, I found...
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The Frame Well I thought I got the wheels so why don’t I build a bike. I had a look at the Trek Speedconcept 7.2 but bulked at the price. So what should I do ? Well if I had the money I’d go for the LOOK 596 I-Pack Frameset but the 2499GBP price made me go for a planet-x frame (Planet X Pro Carbon Track Frame New Logo) with at 649GBP with forks. The frame looks...
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Well I got out the turbo training to start my first session in 2011 as was ill over Christmas with bronchitis. I followed the endurance films Southern California ride that was supplied with 220 magazine in december 2010. The film was very motivational and easy to follow but I was confused by the need to get out of the seat as surely this takes off the weight from the bike and resistance. One...
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