Newspaper clipping

surfing around , found this on Andy Turnbull , fast cyclocross and Triathlete web page www.andyturnbull.co.uk , from the dundee harriers vs cyclists

stealth

spot the idiot , hes easy to spot , hes riding in the woods with no lights in the dark .....

left my dinotte battery pack on the bedroom floor . DOH

still id ridden to the staart of the ride ill be damned if i wasnt going to ride !

rode to uni in the morning 30k - with loaded up trailer , dropping off my thesis

rode 40k over the sidlaws with the trailer , was chuffed to make it from balkello up to the picnic bench in one flawless climbing effort , trailers weight really does give the small block 8s some uber traction in the gooey stuff

then did another 50k at fast pace , this hurt ! the others in the group were on fresh legs , fast fresh legs

160k and just over 3000meters climbed 85% off road

Ate: EVERYTHING!

Drank: Not enough

celebrations, races and thesis

Sunday ..april 20th

Nick Hardy memorial 3rd/4th cat race very very windy , i spent the whole race standing a junction trying to get the idiots in the main pack to stay on there own side coming onto a main road ........crazy

was also my birthday 22 now ...

got a new toy to play with once my exams are finished

its on the left .... save me taking my tent on my longer rides , those that last for 2/3 days at a time ....also got 200 quid towards my return to new zealand tickets ...

Thesis due in on friday , got about 8500words done of 10k , soon be finished just finishing off the formatting and a couple charts

2 weeks of exams then ill be knocking in 200mile + weeks in prep for mayhem

oh and the 10TT went better than expected 25.56 for 23rd place

jelly babies ...

jelly babies are wonderful thing aint they ?



rode out to freuchie tonight in fife for fife CAs midweek league round 2 because i fancied a crack at a 10mile TT. 71k out and ...warm up then 16k TT and 65 kms back equates to a 160k ride apparently ...



relitively flat 160kms with only 1800meters climbing

5hours 59 taken

2 powerbar gels eaten

1 smart gel eaten

2 bananas eaten

half bag of jelly babies eaten

1 toffee flapjack eaten

2 litres of orange juice drank



i did say this would be a tough weeks training ....i think the actual TT was a mid 25s beat coops which was my only aim :D ill wait till i see the results

alyth and back

getting back into my training at last ... hard thing to get back into routine after 6 weeks or so off ....

rode to alyth and back from home tonight after 50 easy k yesterday

100 or so k

1700meters climbed

3 hours 22 taken

1 egg sarnie and 1 chocolate cream eclair eaten

SXC laggan 2008

was going to wait for the results to pop up but there not coming any time soon apparently

First short course XC race for me.

undertook the relitively new task of doing "bottles" for the others in the team as they were in the 11am start and my race was at 2,

managed to get a good grid position despite not being seeded. Race started , with a bit more gusto than im used to. Nothing uncontrolable , decided id let them razz off and go at my "quick but not hurting pace" by the time i came round to the second lap the climb was easy and i could give it more gas. I need to be more assertive in my passing techniques , im too used to at the 10s just sitting behind people till they decide to let me past. other than that it was a good fun race.

at the moment i believe i finished 5th , as i Euan Thorburn won , someone from pedalpower second , Chris Bell third , another pedal power 4th and me in 5th.