hill2hill and past week

the h2h was looking to be a stunner with rain predicted all the way ip to saturday making the course hardpack but not too dusty.

myself and my good friend, james reid, set off at 6 am sharp in a batch. the pace was hot in the beginning with james and i just realxing at the back while the big boys faught out front. it was so fun in the beginning because james and i were commentating on the bunch we were in and havung such a jol. as soon as our heart rates exceeded 80% while still in the group we dropped off and waited for the next group. this was a base ride for me and i was taking it easy and riding slow.

group after group pasted us while we kept our hr down. i stopped to help a few cyclists with mechanical issues and slowed to chat with some mates whom we saw.

i really enjoyed this ride with james and hope to have many more with him. we bonded for 5 hrs talking absolute rubbish and playing around in the single track.

my official time was 4:52 wihich was a little faster than what my coach asked for, Johann Wykerd, but we had a jol and that was the main thing.

this last week it was raining alot and i went for two rides in the rain( one of them i punctured which wasnt pleasant but got on with it.) i also gave blood on tuesday which meant i skippe dmy training on tuesday. riding in the rain is the so refreshing and enjoyable.these rain rides are the ultimate training rides and are so fun to talk about to your mates the next day at school.

keep it real and will write soon

last few weeks . . .

hey guys,

im really sorry about being so lazy and not updating in like forever but here i am and doing it now.

i have jus come off a three week rest period and started training last week monday after crashing on my bmx and damaging my head. there was blood that was in my sinuses and run down to under my eyes for about two weeks but it is nearly all cleared now.

as i said already started training on monday and i can really feel that i have not ridden in a long time. im feeling good on the bike and am starting my base training for the next 8 weeks. i have never done base before and believe it is quite boring so we will see. . .

i raced the margate centenary cycle challenge which proved to be my toughest road race so far, the menacing wind and hilly terrain made for a hard day in the saddle. i finished in third place nearly cathing rhyno beukes who broke away with about 40 km to go with dustin kilpatrick. dustin won with runner up rhyno and then myself in 3rd place.

it was awesome training today and i am looking forward to the rest of my year training hard and focusing on the my long term goals of next year.