Holidays

It's good to be back from a break and riding again. I'd forgotten how much fun it is. The early mornings, feeling tired all the time, 3.30itis, eating anytime you're not asleep.

With a basic plan and 4 solid weeks of riding in the legs pushing big gears, it was time to hit up some local races. Peleton sports put on a Wed arvo crit round the driver training centre for fun, and it is! Nice little course, but with no jump in the legs it makes going forward and sometimes back from the bunch pretty hard. 

Ourimbah 8hr or Fat Tyre Festival was on again, and there was some competition this year for the solo win.

Sydney MTB champs which turned into the Western Sydney champs.

And Thredbo to Khancobin return! ouch.

Still to come, Tour of Bright and National round #1 in Tasmania!

It's sad to note though that the Merida/Flightcentre gig is no more. Well for me anyway. The team will continue on with some young talent who are squarely focused on XCO. The management picked the team with the picture of Enduros and 24hr racing, which I believe I fit well, but they don't see it. I'm not bitter, infact it has renewed my enthusiasm for the sport and I look forward to new challenges. But it does perhaps show that the new management has absolutely no idea what they are doing. Best of luck to them.

Now where's that razor.....