Great video sent to me by Ray Pugh of Liverpool Mercury. Gets the atmosphere of the race so well. Leave the DVD menu bit running for a few seconds at the beginning…! Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Category Archives: Sport
A welcome run on a winter’s morning
I went for alovely run this morning with Elvis and my camera. It’s been a while since I did my back in and I gave it long enough to recouperate, but it wouldn’t play ball – so I just started to run again anyway. … Read More →
National Cyclocross championships 2007
Wow. If you look back through my cyclocross blog entries this year you’ll see me moaning about courses that are too fast and not hard enough. Well, at long last, yesterday’s national championships made up for that. The course at Southampton Leisure Centre had been … Read More →
National Trophy round 4: Peel Park
Finally things started to come together in a National Trophy race for me this year. Whilst 27th probably doesn’t sound altogether impressive, it signalled that I’ve started to shake off the demons that have delivered me to three dreadful rides in the premier UK cyclocross … Read More →
North of England Cyclocross championships
I only rode my first North of England champs last year but really enjoyed it. It’s a good atmosphere and it’s a mid way between the lower key regional races and the just-too-hard National Trophy races. This year’s race was held near Beverley in the … Read More →
Phil gets cross
My brother Phil rode his first ‘proper’ cyclocross of the season at the weekend and enjoyed it thoroughly. His Three Peaks race was the last race he had done, and he rode at the South West race in Escot Park without any preparation other than … Read More →
National Trophy round 3: Mallory Park
Well I wouldn’t say that it was a waste of time, but it was approaching it. Two and a half hours of travelling each way for a course that was just abysmal and form that just didn’t materialise on the day. I finished 35th out … Read More →
New entry at number 1
I had the psychological uplift of another cyclocross win on Saturday at the Liverpool Century ‘cross Otterspool Park. Adding to the euphoria was riding my new frames, Columbus X-Wings, (click on image, right) which felt very nice indeed (though, of course, it’s not about the … Read More →
New bike frame
For anyone interested, here’s the 2007 road bike built up – just dying for the weather to ride it now!