RICHIE COMES 7th CYCLO CROSS NATIONAL CHAMPS

CycloCross National Championships report - St Anne's Park.


Things have being going smoothly training wise and now, I started the race week with a physiological test and got some positive results. Things were looking good for the big race. With my base work done it was time to get the bike ready and give it my best!. The cyclocross got a lovely tune up a few days before Sunday's event, and Andras traveled with me to do race support/ mechanics. My goal was a top 3 position and a great an excellent start around the first lap so as to avoid crashes/ the usual carnage with a big field of cyclists. I stayed in 2nd position for the first lap before drifting back to 3rd 4th 5th and finally 7th where i blew up. The course rode incredibly fast, with tight fast technical trails through the tree's and a killer steep running section up the old castle ruin. Still, at the end the bike was covered in mud!

All in all it was an excellent preparation race for the up and coming Mountain Bike season starting in 4 weeks time in Montichiari, Italy. Harder, faster training has started recently, which means i should be in turbo mode come the 14th March. The new bike even arrived, It's a 2010 Trek 9.9ssl hardtail,

Thanks John Clarke/Trek