Mallory park r league 26/7/16

I went into this wanting to do almost exactly what I did 2 weeks ago. I got a really good start and was at the front straight away and started attacking but this time I wasn't attacking every lap just attacking when it felt right but when I saw 2 to go on the board it was sprinting head on and one of the under 10s caught us and he was at the front of our group and with half a lap to go I was switching wheels a lot but I used the slipstream of the under 10s to get into second wheel and then I left some room to rush and came past the rider in first with about 75m to go and I was sat down at 130 rpm and won my first Mallory park race of the season. I was really pleased with my first win at Mallory of the season because I had to work really hard to do these attacks and to finish it of with a sprint like that gives me a lot of confidence for the rest of the season.

France holiday 16/7/16 - 23/7/16

In France we had really nice weather so we took that opportunity to do a lot of riding and we did about 180 miles in 6 days but the good thing was after we got back from these rides there was a cold swimming pool to jump in. On the first day of riding which was Sunday we rode up and down the coast on an easy bike path just to loosen of after sitting in the car for 5 hours on Saturday. On Monday we did a long 40 mile ride but expecting there would be a cafe in every village we rode for about 10 miles after where we expected to stop and ended up in a McDonald's with a large coke. Tuesday we went out later and did an easy ride in the opposite direction to the ride on Sunday. On Wednesday we did a 30 mile ride and found a cafe in the furthest village to have a drink and refil our bottles. Thursday and Friday where the same types of ride just going where we want to but not going miles away and I also did some efforts as well.

Mallory park r league 12/7/16

I went into this race without a real plan in my head but once I got on the start line I knew exactly what to do. So I got a terrible start with my foot slipping of the pedal and straight away I was at the back so I had to work hard to get to the front, then once I was there I had 2 laps of riding in the group steady but then set about smashing the group and I think I did that pretty well with at least one attack every lap for afew laps. Then when the bell rang for last lap it was no late attacks just focusing on the sprint and I was moving about quite about in the last half lap trying to find the right wheel and in the sprint I went around the right and the other rider came round the left but I couldn't stay out the saddle that long so I had to sit down and I think that is what cost me the race. Overall I was really pleased with the race and how I tried to win it but it was just a tiny bit of stamina that was the difference between 1st and 2nd.

Week ending 1/5/16

On Monday I did another sprinting/gap closing/attacking session on the sa,e triangle as last week.

I was in the yellow jersey at mallory park on Tuesday and it was the points race which meant it would be hard for me to keep the jersey and although scraping a couple of point I couldn't get enough to keep the jersey but I was still really happy because I'd worn the yellow jersey.

On Wednesday at prestwold it reminded me about what it used to be like there and I really enjoyed it having to try and stay in a group.

Thursday was roller night so I did two sets of Russian steps and they where really good.

I had an easy night on Friday because of the hard nights I had before.

On Saturday I went to Harvey hadden to practice on the circuit for the regional champs which is my big goal for the year.

Sunday I did 30 miles at a pretty hard tempo and I put a couple of sprints in there as well.

Week ending 24/4/16

On Monday I did a sprinting/gap closing/attacking session out on another loop we found.

Tuesday it was the second mallory and seeing that Jed wasn't there it was my time to try and take the yellow jersey but I didn't want to upset my stomach to much after Sunday's race. It came down to the last lap and with about 500 metres to go there was an attack and I didn't want to go with it just in case my stomach started hurting and I didn't get any points, the sprint lighted up with 200 metres to go and it was so close for third that even the man with the camera couldn't see who won.

I went to preswold again on Wednesday and this time it was abit harder but not much.

On Thursday I went on my rollers and did 2 sets of Russian steps and on the second set I reached my highest speed of 42.9 mph and cadence of 209 rpm.

Friday was an easy ride because I had a track race on Saturday.

One of my goals for this year was to win a track race and today was my perfect chance. In the TT I did a terrible time but managed to earn that back by winning the last race which was the unknown distance race.

Sunday I did a cafe ride with ed out to the beehive and did 50 miles at a steady pace.

Week ending 17/4/16

On Monday five of us from the team went to mallory in the rain o practice our short time trial efforts.

Tuesday was the first mallory race of the season of the season and as I predicted before Jed went of early and took someone with him but back in the group there was lots of attacking but on the last lap I did one last effort then got myself ready for the sprint where someone went way to early and couldn't hold it but I still had one rider in front of me then with about 75 metres to go I came round him and finished second.

On Wednesday night I went to the first preswold session and we did some little gear sprints and a couple of drill which I didn't really find challenging enough.

On Thursday I did two sets of Russian steps on my rollers then went mountain biking with Ed around mallory.

Friday I had a day off because I was getting things sorted out for tomorrow's race.

On Saturday it was another race at darley moor. I was doing alright until one attack that I tried to close down and did close but then a counter attack went and I couldn't stay on and another rider couldn't as well so we worked together to try and get back on but I then got a really bad stitch and I could hardly ride so I had to pull out with 1 lap to go

We did a cafe ride on Sunday to the beehive and I only did two effort but weirdly for me these ones where uphill efforts and I then team I'm the one who least likes hills.

Week ending 10/4/16

I had a hole day in bed on Monday because we got back from Flanders and 1 o'clock in the morning.

On Tuesday we went and did my chicken farm circuit twice then practiced a fue standing starts.

Wednesday I did an hour easy riding.

On Thursday I did a rollers session doing Russian step then 4x20 secs sprints.

On Friday I did 30 mile ride with my mum and did a couple of sprints in that ride.

Saturday my dad was racing so I went on my rollers in the afternoon for 30 mins.

I had my first race at darley moor for a while on Sunday where I took my first boys win of the year but I've still not won a race outright.