2008 Update

I'm back in New Zealand, have been for the past several months after living in Austin (US) for six months last year. I have been racing but not doing the major tours this year due to fitness not high enough compared to the same time last year. I also had 2 crashes in December which hindered my training progress, the first crash was at the Christchurch City Criterium and I got up and still managed to finish 2nd. I was sore for quite a while though. The other crash was at the Mount when I rolled a tubular on one of the corners when in perfect position to take a sprint during the prime lap. I swapped wheels and got back into the race - finishing 3rd in the sprint but I was disqualified for rolling the tubular. I tried protesting but to no avail, however I did get into the Elite race for free but I lasted only 12mins in that race! I am getting back on track with my training and new coach. I started my training in the 2nd week of January after nearly a month of no real training. I've been doing the Waterfront time-trials to gauge my fitness levels and improvements each week. The Takapuna Grandprix is coming up this Friday night and that is a fun race to do. I've done it for the past two years and looking forward to competing again this year.