And so it begins!!!!......

Well, here it is, the infamous first post. So first off, cheers for having a look at whats going on and hopefully yu will subscribe and be entertained many times from reading this blog.
So heres a bit of history and whats gone on so far.
I joined the team in december after chating to paul who was looking to put together a squad of riders to target certain events throughout the UK to not only help him incresae awearness of his amazing shop (not plugging the shop, honest) but to also help develop the racing abilities and prospects for local riders looking to continue to climb higher up the ladder of competetive cycling, which we all know is a long old climb!
For me, this team gives me the oportunity to race with well established riders as part as a close knitt team who know how to work together to acheive what we all want. I will be looking to target as many stage races as i possibly can throughout the year with a view to looking to contest on the Ras de Cymru which is a 5 day stage race in wales. I will also be targeting the Midlands Road Race League, National Road and TT Champs and am currently batteling it out for overall victory in the west midlands cyclocross league in both the senior and the U23 classes.

With only 1 round of the league to go it has boiled down to only a handfull of points that will decide the winner, so watch out for that report soon.
The week after that race i will be riding in the National Cyclocross Champs in Sutton Park on the 7th of Febuary. This race was due to be held this weekend (9-10th of Jan) but has been rescheduled to the new date due to the weather at the mo i.e SNOW, and lots of it.
This leads me nicley on to what i am doing at the mo, which is lots of Turbo Training due to the snow and ice on the roads. Luckly for me, i actually like the turbo, well i have a love-hate relationaship with it and do use it an awful lot, whether it be for savage interval sessions or 4 hour epics. Aleast i will be able to keep up my endurance for those summer stage races!!!
Im about to start the ext phase of my training which will take me up to the national champs and will start with some fitness testing tomorrow night which i will report on after. Should be interesting to see where i am as, although i have had a solid winters training up to now, i have been feeling run down in the last few weeks but have had some test done at the docs and wll get the results soon. Should'nt be anything serious but its worth having it checked out.
Anyway, feeling good at the mo, looking forward to the start of the season, looking forward to the fist full team get together and hopefully looking forward to some sunny weather!!!!

Keep warm, keep safe, keep riding

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