Since my last update I’ve settled down into a really good training regime, something that I worried would be hard when I left my job as a courier. For 2 years I didn’t do ANY training, I relied totally on the riding I was doing in work to improve my fitness. I would try and ride quickly some days and sometimes I had to sprint between jobs to deliver it on time, but it wasn’t training.

So when I decided to move back home and ‘train’ I wasn’t too sure if I was able to do it. Would I be motivated? Would I train too little, or maybe too often and too hard? Would I skip a session if it was raining?

All questions that I feel I answered now as the plans I put into place several weeks ago are starting to show dividends. That alone is giving me great motivation to carry on, but my main motivation now is Mountain Mayhem, just over 4 weeks away. It’s a massive race for me, the biggest 24hr race in Europe and without an official ‘UK 24hr championships’ Mountain Mayhem is defiantly the one all the soloists want to win. The next 2 weeks are important training weeks, with the following 2 weeks being used to rest and prepare as much as possible. If all goes to plan then I will be well rested, organised and both mentally and physically strong.

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