World Solo 24hr championships

Massive congrats to Matt Page on coming sixth in the 24 hour solo worlds. I never would have thought that watching a Twitter feed could ever be exciting, but this was something else; an amazing performance from Matt at his first worlds, which showed depths of strength and determination that I can only dream of. A big shout to Nia and Ben to keeping the little bugger going as well.

Welsh Cyclocross League Round 2 - Risca

A decidedly wet weekend in South Wales, which was host to two significant sporting events - the Ryder Cup, and more importantly, round 2 of the Welsh Cyclocross League. Round 1 was fairly dry, but this weekend was very wet (so wet that the golfists had to abandon play the day before) resulting in a grassy quagmire of a course. As this was our second 'cross race we were now seasoned experts - Tim had bought a new tyre and I now had a gear that I could turn in the mud. It was very hard going though, on one lap I nearly lost a shoe running between the hurdles, and the grassy climb back up to the leisure centre was pretty much unrideable for the majority of riders. I had a couple of mechanicals but managed to stay ahead of Tim, and ended up getting in one more lap than him, and actually lapped someone at the end, successfully meeting my goals of not being last. Really enjoyed it though, felt like a proper cross race to me.

ETA Results just in: I was 57th, Tim 58th, out of 66 starters.

Team Tapas

Team Tapas embodies a new approach to bicycle racing. If you are fed up of racing round and round a field worrying about whether you are in 129th or 130th place, then Team Tapas is for you. The elite athletic members of Team Tapas would much rather pause for some cured meats, cheese and a refreshing glass of wine than charge past people shouting "rider" - it's more civilised, friendlier, and chorizo tastes really nice.




Some members of Team Tapas relaxing after a race.