`Snow` Racing This Week

After an easier week of training in anticipation of my first hilly race of the year in Cumbria, the English weather did it's usual. A day and a half of snow on Friday saw most of the weekends races cancelled.
Luckily enough during the week I`d also bought my first mountain bike!

With the racing off I arranged to meet up with my coach Mark Turner and with Cyclo-Cross expert, 'Cross Junkie' Alan Dorrington for an early Sunday morning couple of hours of fun in the snow.
Really it was my first ever off road experience so when I did fall off at least it was onto soft snow.

Not just a new mountain bike this week, I also picked up my new Sportscover team bike from team sponsors CNP in Manchester. An Avanti Corsa DR Very light and stiff, looking forward to getting it race ready for the Easter race programme.
We have a four man team at the Maureen Bain Memorial, hilly road race in Northumberland on Saturday, 120 tough kilometres. Last year my new teammate Tom Stewart took the win and I took 6th. On Sunday I ride solo in the CDNW road race at Capernwray near Lancaster hoping to improve on my 6th place in 2012.

Full race report next week, Have a nice Easter.

Sam