Long delay

It’s been a few weeks since I last blogged, I wonder how many times people have started with that line? Well it has been a long while anyway and the reason is that as with anybody doing this sort of thing there are periods whereby nothing seems to be moving.

I had a complete rest last week, coach put up a training plan but I had a mental block and just could not get motivated. This week is different though, inspired by my rest and lack of effort last week he has been fairly hard this week which ends with a Friday night xc race tomorrow. As I keep promising I will let you know how I get on.

It’s a funny time of year for me; my wife has a lot of commitments and so I have had to pass on some fairly important races to me which last year I enjoyed. Oh well that is life and having two beautiful girls, wife and job; something has to give every now and then. Whilst on the subject my eldest daughter Emily fancies doing some track riding so I have brought her some riding gear.

Like I said, beautiful ……………………………………………………..