10^th April 2008

Hi welcome to my new website, I’ll try to keep you updated regularly on how my racing is going and any other general things that might be of interest..

After being very ill last year, and in the early days of my illness getting told I may never be able to race again, now that I have the all clear it’s nice to see the back of 2007 after losing the whole year because of it. Would like to say a quick thank you to my girlfriend, all my family and friends for all their support through the toughest year of my life, would also like to say thank you to all my sponsors for staying with me and to my coach Andy Wadsworth from Profitness.

My first races back were the Thetford winter series, I went into these just trying to get fit and get as many races back into my legs again, so my results where not great but it was important not to let my bad results affect the big picture, even though it was tough riding with not a lot of strength in my legs.

My first major race of the year was meant to be on the 6th April but with the bad weather and snow I was not able to attend that race.

This weekend 11-12th April is the first round of the Nationals at Thetford. Thetford is a fast flat course with loads of single track so there is not much time to relax during a race. With it being local to me and a place I train sometimes I’m looking forward to this weekend. Realistically, for this weekend, I just need to get as many national ranking points as I can and try and get a good result as I’m still trying to get back to the fitness I had before my illness.