Not possible!
This weekend was a fantastic one for the armchair cyclist. So many people on two wheels on the traditional teleovision competing in two Olympic Road Races, then on the other moving picture box, the compouter, some ace racing by the off road bunch in both XC and DH. Not to mention some fantastic results there for our British Ladies! (Miss Atherton, Last and ArmiTstead congratulations!)
Sadly, all of these inspiring performances have happened in a well and truly quiet part of the season for me it feels like an eternity since i last strapped a number board to the Superfly! My next race is in about three weeks, the last round of the BOTB in Worcester then after that there'll be a mass exodus from South Wales up to Coed-y-Brenin for the Welsh XC Champs.
Good news is that my battered shoulder has fixed itself, much to my delight! A couple of kettle bell sessions with my Ninja courier friend Tom at the Pontcanna Dojo seemed to correct an injury I was pretty scared about. There's still ever such a slight twinge coming from the joint when I'm really "sending it" (Adam Price et al, 2012) down hill but nothing like the agony of a month or so ago.
I've been a bit slow on updating my blog of late, I'm sure that'll change once I get back into the swing of racing again.When there's no blogging, I try to entertain and keep my followers (Mum, Dad, sister Zoe) up to date via my twitter feed and the occasional Facebook post. One important update you may have noticed to the blog pages is my acquisition of a dedicated Cyclocross machine. It doesn't take too much reading between the line to work out that I LOVE CX but this season, which isn't that far away, I should be slightly more competitive aboard more suitable equipment!
That is all for now, I'm off out on my bike!
Si.
Simon Lingard | www.SimonLingard.co.uk | MTB XC Racer | Cardiff Cycle Couriers | Priority Express
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Sunday, 8 July 2012
Absence...
Yes, It's been a long time since my last update to this public diary of mine. Apologies to those who've missed it!
There's a small pile of reasons why the ramblings have been thin on the ground of late:
1 - I've moved house, which is always stressful. This move was one of the least wrinkle inducing but still far from pleasant! I'm fairly settled in now, there's still a couple of bags to unpack and other sortings out to do, I have only been here 3 weeks!
2 - I'll use possibly the most repeated phrase throughout this blog: "I've been really busy in both of my jobs..." Which actually makes me really happy. The increasing participation numbers and general popularity of cycling are sending The Bikeshed from strength to strength, just when we think there can't possibly be any new people to put on bikes in Cardiff, more appear at our door needing help! (A small sales point here - if you work for the NHS you now have a cycle to work scheme and we're signed up to it so come in a have a chat, it's THE best way to buy a new bike and make a huge saving, roughly 30%!)
I won't even get started on trying to describe how busy the couriers have been. We used to say that our average day was 70miles. That average figure is now our minimum expected distance during a shift. It's nuts... And hats of to all of my colleagues, everyone's really putting in some great riding at the moment!
3 - I've actually been carrying a shoulder injury for the past few months and stupidly, not done anything about it. It started off as just an irritating little joint pain that would be sore after a ride. Then I had a crash a few weeks ago that I'd class as the hardest, least forgiving landing of my life. How I didn't break anything I do not know. It's pretty well healed up and I'm back on the MTB again with only minor soreness. Now that the swelling has gone down, I think I'll get it checked out just to be safe!
Enough of this post. It's getting on for a bit of an epic. I'm back racing next weekend in Essex for the BMBS series round there. I need to get some points as I'm still looking to move up to Expert next year. Then we have the last round of the BOTB and my season finale, the Welsh XC Champs! Most excited!
Good night!
There's a small pile of reasons why the ramblings have been thin on the ground of late:
1 - I've moved house, which is always stressful. This move was one of the least wrinkle inducing but still far from pleasant! I'm fairly settled in now, there's still a couple of bags to unpack and other sortings out to do, I have only been here 3 weeks!
2 - I'll use possibly the most repeated phrase throughout this blog: "I've been really busy in both of my jobs..." Which actually makes me really happy. The increasing participation numbers and general popularity of cycling are sending The Bikeshed from strength to strength, just when we think there can't possibly be any new people to put on bikes in Cardiff, more appear at our door needing help! (A small sales point here - if you work for the NHS you now have a cycle to work scheme and we're signed up to it so come in a have a chat, it's THE best way to buy a new bike and make a huge saving, roughly 30%!)
I won't even get started on trying to describe how busy the couriers have been. We used to say that our average day was 70miles. That average figure is now our minimum expected distance during a shift. It's nuts... And hats of to all of my colleagues, everyone's really putting in some great riding at the moment!
3 - I've actually been carrying a shoulder injury for the past few months and stupidly, not done anything about it. It started off as just an irritating little joint pain that would be sore after a ride. Then I had a crash a few weeks ago that I'd class as the hardest, least forgiving landing of my life. How I didn't break anything I do not know. It's pretty well healed up and I'm back on the MTB again with only minor soreness. Now that the swelling has gone down, I think I'll get it checked out just to be safe!
Enough of this post. It's getting on for a bit of an epic. I'm back racing next weekend in Essex for the BMBS series round there. I need to get some points as I'm still looking to move up to Expert next year. Then we have the last round of the BOTB and my season finale, the Welsh XC Champs! Most excited!
Good night!
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