Browsing Archive: August, 2010
Posted by Simon Richardson on Tuesday, August 31, 2010,
Posted by Simon Richardson on Tuesday, August 31, 2010,
Hi
Well it was a hard 118 miles on Sunday doing the Sarn Helen Ride. Apart from the mountains it was cold and very wind. It started off ok when I was in a group of 4 riders, they were doing the short route of 80 miles so when we hit the first climb they attacked so I just let them go, I knew what was to come. I got caught by 2 other riders who were also doing the short ride so when we got to the 45 mile mark they stopped and I started the long and lonely ride of 73 miles alone and this was the...
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Posted by Simon Richardson on Tuesday, August 24, 2010,
The weather has turned bad over the last week. The only good day was Sunday when I managed to get 5 hours done in the mountains the rest of the time i seem to be on the rollers, lucky this is a recovery week ready for the long ride on Sunday when I do the 118mile sportive
www.sarnhelensportif.org I am looking forward to this. I will also be able to test my drinks from
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Posted by Simon Richardson on Thursday, August 19, 2010,
The last few months have not been to good I have been racing in Spain, France and Germany to get some good results which i did with top 10 finishes and some top 5 finishes. This placed me in the top 10 of the world rankings so I was a bit shocked when I am told by the British Team that i am not going to the World Champs even though I did all they asked. I will leave that there or I will say something I will regret.
I was then ill for 2 weeks which is not normal for me. Also I have lost my coac...
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