Sunday, February 6, 2011

Nduro/Napier Cup/McDonald's

Hi all

Have been busy over the past 3 weeks with the 2nd round of the national series, new sponsors, and the 2nd Nduro summer series race.
Napier did not go too well for me finishing in 10th in a UCI race. The course was hard on the body with a lot of dust and the sun was pelting down sapping energy. But there was a bit of prize money which was pretty sweet! and I had a fun time racing on the fast Napier track as well.
Just last week McDonald's decided to help me out in getting over to Europe which is awesome of them and I am very thankful to Rob and Linley who own the Rotorua McDonalds. Cheers! I also have started working for McDonald's as well and they are being very supportive in making work flexible around training.
Last but not least the second round of the Nduro Summer Cup was yesterday and HOT. I didn't take much fluid which probably wasn't a smart idea. But apart from that the race was really fun It was a good hard course which put my legs to the test and made for some good racing.
I started in the middle of the bunch and worked my way up the field as the race went on, towards the end I was battling it out for second and third but my legs could not handle the last burst and I settled for third.

The Nduros are always a good fun race with a sweet course so cheers to the organisers for making it an awesome day.