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It was unusual to have the Oceania Championships before Nationals this year, and especially with the Commonwealth Games a couple of months away I’ve had to make a point of not putting too much emphasis on these early season races. However, being a racer that’s much easier said than done, so I was prepared to…

It was a bit of a last minute decision to head to Aussie to race but it proved to be a good move. The opportunity to race on the Commonwealth Games track on the Saturday was too good to miss and a chance to learn how it rides in a race scenario. I arrived into…

Although the final World Cups hadn’t quite gone the way I’d hoped I still had the goal of a top 10 finish at World Champs. Perhaps it’s the feeling I get when I pull on the NZ Jersey to represent my country, but I’d never had a bad race at a World Champs and I…

It was always destined to be a tough day in Val di Sole for the final World Cup round of the year. Heading into the race I was 8th overall in the World Cup standings with a few riders close enough behind. I really wanted to finish inside the top 10 and from the gun…

It wasn’t the easiest day at the office in Basel. I felt a big weeks training in my legs and struggled especially on the opening 2 laps with the bigger more powerful riders putting me to the sword on the flat sections. The course features only one short climb with the rest flat, fast, furious…

   Although it had been a difficult month or so after altitude training, disrupted travel and getting sick around the time of the Lenzerheide World Cup, I was still hopeful of a good performance in Mont Sainte-Anne. I’d always performed well there and I really enjoy the technical and natural track as I feel like…