Monday morning laps at Bristol

Even though I am on holiday this week I got up at 5:30 and did my usual training at Bristol. The track was a bit damp but the weather was dry and sunny so it wasn't a problem and the wet track made training harder which is good.

I forgot to tape the stopwatch to my bars last night so I will have to start timing next week.

I am liking the thrill to train on it feels fine and when I am riding I don't notice the bike at all which is a great sign.

The only thing I am noticing is the gearing which is 36x16 and much more tiring than the 37x16 that I run on the Yess. It is all good training and hopefully it will help with my conditioning for next year when I maybe start Nationals.

I also need to change the cranks as my left knee is really sore again after doing my laps this morning. I think I may try the 170mm cranks that I have spare so that I can get my dxr's onto the internet to try and find someone to swap them for some 175mm dxr's.

Training today I did 2 pump laps followed by 6 full speed laps with 5 minutes rest in between. After the 6 laps to get home as my wife had to get to work earlier this morning and I had to stay with my son.

We are going to go to a pump track later today so it's not a big problem not doing any more training today.

I also need to get the wheels that I have left over from my son's bike to get some extra cash to put into the Yess for the new aluminium forks.