This weeks training and race.

Today raced at the Milton Keynes bowl again a 51k crit in dry but blustery conditions.

Not a lap was completed when the attacks were coming thick and fast and it wasnt long before i was in the thick of it chasing down wheels and closing gaps.

Then after about 8 laps a move went up the road it had 4 riders in it and the gap opened quite quickly i left if for a while and then decided to close the gap i went across on my own and really had to put in a massive effort to bridge the gap but as soon as i made contact they wanted me to work immediately.

I lasted in the break about 20 minutes untill i blew and had to drop back to the bunch i never really recovered from the effort i made to get to the break as the break was really moving especially on the rise up to the finish line ultimately this break succeded so i was dissapointed having been there and getting dropped but unlike many of the 60 or so riders in the event i like to race!! i was pleased though that i had the power to get across to them but if i had reacted sooner and not had to put in the huge effort to get to them i really think i would of been fine.

Once i had recovered in the bunch i got in another move and pegged the break at around 20 seconds there was around 4 of us chasing then the other 3 decided to give up so i attacked again and tried to bridge the gap on my own suffice to say i didnt succeed but it was well worth a try.

I definately feel that my legs are coming every week i seem to be getting that little bit better so hopefully soon i will be writing to tell you about my first win....fingers crossed!

Training is going well with a tempo session completed and 2 base rides done 1 at 3 hours and 1 at 2.5 plus 1.5 hours of leg spinning yesterday and a race today so add that to the 4 hours i,m gonna do tomorrow suppose i would have done about 12 hours this week.

My training is somewhat different as it now involves a lot of steady base and hard races with a couple of tempo sessions thrown in for good measure.

4 hours tomorrow should be interesting.