The season Eye Opener

Well the first Open event of the season has been run and won, and believe me I was o under done it wasn't funny. Even though 1 month ago I was happy where my fitness and strength levels were at, after a couple of weeks of wet and busy work place those levels have slipped and I went in and over cooked myself far to early in the race and just didn't have it.
I have no excuses, I chose the easy option when it was wet, so I have to turn it around and use the knowledge gained from the weekend and use it to have a successful rest of the season.
So what did I learn??
Well first of all, I need to get some solid riding in and get some legs and fitness. 50km hard yesterday and then 90 KM with sprint intervals today has started a change of training focus for me and I seemed to be recovering well so far. STAY FOCUSED
Second of all, there are some strong teams forming and that HYPE needs to be on their game in every race in order to nullify the other teams efforts. The best case scenario for us would be to allow the other teams to fight for position and wins and and benefit from their errors and infighting. MORE FOCUSING
Third, the racing will be harder and faster this year. If I am to retain my Crit title then stringing together some solid results combined with solid training, is not going to be enough this year. I am going to need allot of luck, alot of Training and remained (you guessed it) FOCUSED.

Rohan's Birthday was great. No blood, only a couple of tears, 2 significant crashes( T-Bone and a Touch of wheels) but no damage, no fights and a lot of tired kids by the end of the day. Emma whipped up a mean Fruit salad which was totally demolished by the kids well before the lollies and chips(crisps) did, and some party bags. As for party games, who needs them when the kids are belting around racing each other, chasing each other and entertaining themselves. Beats trying to round them up and make them pass the parcel or some thing like that. Oh, Rohan had a BMX track with FMX and ATV stars on the table top and triples. NICE.

So as I said when I started blogging this year that I would make this a way to show my focus and determination in training and Racing, keep an eye out for my training sessions and race results. Give encouragement where needed and if you think some advice is needed then pass it on. Oh and on a final note, I might be becoming the proud new owner of a power tap(wired). Will keep you posted.

Ciao