ok ....now im confused

so i do very little training for a month ....

i sleep in (Darn clocks)

i end up taking the car to the race as im late

i get caught up in the racing and end up fighting it out with mike W on course for first place .

that shouldnt have by all logic happened. im gonna hurt in the morning

rode through so much cramp on the last lap to open up a gap.
1st place today goes go me

24kms in 1 hour 20

Mike W wins over all series
Me second
Mark S third

so now im confused as how to approach the SXC next weekend ...almost thinking ill just treat it like any other race , first race of the season will let me see how i fair against others who have done this malarky before. after the SXC its back to training for mayhem !

hit the ground running

i really havnt had time to think since i got back from nz , nor the motivation/drive to train

not 100% sure what it is , but everytime i set aside time to train i feel crap by the time it gets round to the time to train and i cant force my self over the threshold ive never experianced anything like it before.

i think i might have rushed back into racing too soon after returning from nz with doing the busas at cwmcarn the weekend after flying into the uk on the wednesday , it hurt , it didnt go well and i felt shit after it

since then ive just not been able to get back into my rhythum , theres been no riding to uni , no 250k+ a week ...just a single century on my road bike and a couple 30 k rides in just under 4 weeks thats just not me

uni work has also been a bit hectic what with honours presentations and exams and courseworks , ive not been getting good sleep due to this , eg was up for something like 32 hours on thursday gettting coursework done and handed in for friday.

ive decided to take a back seat in any races i do just now for the next couple months and just do them for the fun of it and go back to base milage for the time being to not stress my already stressed head and mind about racing , after all it is just racing its not life , these exams are life they are the future , i cant(read as im not good enough) race for ever

never know might manage to pull my self around for mayhem , if not ill be sorted for dusk till dawn

in the meantime ive entered the SXC at laggan next weekend as ive been trying to encourage a friend to race and i cant very well make a friend race and not do it my self and i also have the final round of the glamis winter xc series this sunday where i shall suffer , mike w is 23 points clear of me thanks to nz ...but i know where id rather be than glamis ...

some important people

Me n Jayne with Dave Brookland straight after race

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Me n Jayne with Dave and Nicki Brookland at prize giving

Matt and Debbie our excellent hosts for the week

some photos ...

havnt managed to upload them all to the web yet but here is a bit of a taster ....a random bird and some velodrome action ... excuse the photography ......i only took the photo of the bird ...

BUNGY

decided to throw my self of the kawarau bridge in queenstown while i was there .... it was refreshing !

home tomorrow !

not looking forward to leaving , it was hard leaving matt and debbie in invercargill , but going to be hard to leave fiona and ally and the kids in cambridge tomorrow , flying outa auckland at 1800 tomorrow (monday) night , auckland-brisbane-singapour-dubai-glasgow-glasgow central-arbroath

ive seen 10 airports , flown in 6 different types of plane , driven 4 different cars , been on 4 different boats , and 1 bike !

it really has been the trip of a lifetime and a big thanks to all at no fuss , all at sport southland , Matt sillars and debbie rankin ,dave and nikki brookland fiona and ally ferrier

i dont wanna come home !