Long time, No blog......

I have recently been 'neglecting' my blog, this is because of being rather busy pedaling, and because it's the cross season. This season being one that I don't tremendously wait all year for, and don't really 'excel' in.

I have had a mixed bag of results this cross season, and currently I have competed in 9 Cyclo-cross races. My best national cyclo-cross result this season has been 13th at Round 1 South Shields, and I have won 2 London League's. I have only won 2 London League's out of the 8 rounds which have so far taken place, but I am still currently leading the London League Youth Series Standings.

Although I have not performed as well as I expected to this season in national races, I have had some good local races, and know that the best training is racing, so it all helps towards my form for the coming MTB season in March 2012.

Although I have been competing primarily in Cyclo-cross races since September, I have done 2 Mountain Bike races, these races were part of Fowlmead's Night Race Series. These races are 1 hour (which is the same duration as National Youth MTB races) in the dark and mud, and I have won my category (Youth), and the Seniors in both events. Although this is only a local series, it is still good to win and good for my confidence in more 'high-key' events.

So, as previously mentioned, I think I have found out that I am not going to trouble the front of a National Cyclo-cross race, I am using the cross season to keep my form throughout the Winter, and hopefully let it be a great training tool for the coming MTB season.

Last on this blog post in some news on a new ride. I have recently got my hands on my first racing full-suspension mountain bike. I plan to use this full-suspension mountain bike in the 2012 MTB Season. With Mountain Bike Courses becoming shorter and much more technical, I thought it would be a good choice for the coming season. The bike is a Trek Carbon Top Fuel 9.7. I have since upgraded to Bontrager's Race X Lite Wheels and plan to upgrade to Shimano's New 10 speed, Double XT Drive-train before the MTB season.The bike is pictured below, and I will soon post a picture of the actual bike, not just a image from the web, which shows the bike as standard.

Finally, I would just like to say, thank-you to everyone who is viewing my blog now, or has done in the past and made me very happy to have my page views at 2600+ !!!!