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After speaking with my Coach and Doctor about my symptoms we decided the best thing to do during the week between the National and the Oceania Championships was to rest. I hadn’t been able to get my heart rate above 170 bpm for a while and my power was down across all sectors which is…

To sum it up briefly, Nationals did not go to plan. After a strong showing at the Pioneer things were looking up for the season ahead, but even after a couple of weeks rest and easy riding I struggled to regain the form I had shown pre Pioneer. I was based at altitude for a…

Stage 1: Christchurch Prologue Stage one of the inaugural Pioneer was the shortest of the race but the most intense. Based on the Port Hills in Christchurch teams took off in 20 second intervals. With Dan and me as the top seeds we knew we would have to push hard on the first road section…

My original plan was to stay on in Europe for another 3 weeks after World Champs. I would then head to Rio for a Cat 1 race and the test event on the Olympic track en route home to New Zealand. I decided a few weeks before Worlds that I would instead finish my season with…

What a day…..what a race!   Well… where do I start!? World Champs is one of those races where everything has to fall into place to win. I knew I’d had good form in Val di Sole but for some reason it didn’t click on the day and I suffered. Arriving in Andorra for the…

I spent the week prior to the race up at altitude in Livigno, Italy to try and help acclimatise for the World Champs in Andorra. I felt like training had gone quite well so I was hoping for and expecting a good result to finish the World Cup season and head into the World Champs…