Back into the grind!!

I've been back in Manchester for a week or so now, continuing on the winter training. I'm off to Edinburgh for 4days next week with Kate as i've got the week off!! (first one for ages!)

Training's been going as well as i could expect right now, haven't lifed any heavy weights since early March so it's taken some getting used to. The soreness in the mornings is something i've not missed all that much!!

Got an early start tomorrow, 8am track session! as BC have got Talent Team and ODP trials at the track so i wanted to get my stuff done and out the way before they kick off at 10am. Should be good to watch for an hour or so as the UK's got some handy youngsters coming through right now.

I'll update again after i get back from Edinburgh

Marcus

Home after Frejus

I got back from Frejus on Sunday afternoon and headed straight back down to Bristol for a week at home training before heading back up to Manchester for the start of winter training.

Frejus was pretty dissapointing if i'm honest, i over jumped everything on the track in timetrial no.1 so has to go again. The wind changed again by this time and it started to rain a little also so i just wanted to be safe and get round in a fairly decent time to make sure i qualified. Lap was good and finish 2nd in that run, so 34th overall.

Moto was tough, Wildenberg, Bisseling, Joey B, Falla, Castro but rode pretty strong and finished 1st 1st 2nd so was feeling pretty good at that point. Not sure what happened on the gate in the quarter but i clipped the gate (same as Chula!!!) and put me dead last, charged the first straight and was going into 3rd into turn 1 and just slid out, taking out Tremanis and Falla. I've looked and looked at the video of it and not really sure what happened on the gate, it certainly wasn't nerves as mentally going into the race i was fully prepared and ready to go. I've spoke alot to Grant about it and there's some things we want to look at to make sure it doesn't happen again.

So i came away pretty bummed after the race as i felt good enough in the moto's to get into the main but i guess these things happen and hopefully i'll learn a bit more from it and take it into my next race, which is the ABA Grands in the U.S in Nov. I'm heading out there with Liam and i'm exicted to be going the Grands for the first time. Should be good!!

I'll update again in a few days or so

Marcus

Home from Aigle, off to Frejus

Been back home from the UCI centre in Aigle for a couple of days, pretty much just had my feet up for 2days recovering from the session we did out there. Got in loads of track time and worked on some stuff which will hopefully help in Frejus on the wkend.

Was real busy at the Centre, loads of riders there from Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and Holland. Was good to be on the gate with more than 1 or 2 at a time.

Off to Frejus for the last stop on the SX tour tomorrow morning, really looking forward to getting over there. The tracks normally pretty good down there as it flows really well.

I'll try and update when i'm there but not sure if the house we're in has tinternet.

Check back

Marcus

Switzerland

Off to Switzerland in a couple of hours or so with the GB team, minus LP who bust his wrist in Chula, proper gutted for him as he's not had the best time of it in terms of injuries over the past 2 seasons so hopefully it'll heal up soon enough.

Looking forward to the trip as we were there before Chula for 3-4days and got alot out of it so hopefully it'll be the same again this time. Think the Danish and German teams will be there also so that'll be cool, as the more on the gate in practice the better!!

I'll try and update when i'm over there

Marcus