Kentish Killer 70 mile RR

This is a local sportive starting and finishing at Brands Hatch in Kent.

 The sportive gets its name from being an extremely tough 70 mile route through the hill's of Kent and Sussex.
I had agreed to keep my friend company on part of the route as i had a 4 hour endurance ride to complete myself.
Late last night i got a phone call saying he wouldn't be starting the ride and offered me his ticket,i agreed and made my way up to the start line for my 09-05 start.

I had strict instruction's from my coach to keep to my set power value's and did so the whole ride.
I had guessed in my head that 70 miles would take me roughly 4-15.

The route was a lot harder than i would have guessed but sticking to my power paid off and i learnt alot about  my own ability to ride under controlled power.

My ride time was 4-10 which got me 5th place overall a great season starter.

Week 3 (recovery before the build to Lanzarote)

Week 1 of full time training

Week 1 of the 5 week block up to Lanzarote

My first week's training as a full time non professional athlete has been a really productive 7 days,and has been amazing at how much the body is capable of with proper rest and recovery sessions.

Over this past week iv covered :

3-45hr in the pool doing speed,endurance and drill sets.

0-35hr on the treadmill getting my shins back up to full strenght.

9-45hr cycling covering over 148 miles.

Thanks to Ben Ward for my training plan and his coaching.



Second bike fit booked @ Freespeed

Jon Bond @ Freespeed

Exciting news today Jon Bond has booked in for his second fit @ the North London cycle fit studio Freespeed.

Jon Bond and Rich Mellik hope to get my new bike fitted and ready for Lanzarote in 5 weeks time.

Thanks to Gary @ Solo Supplements

Just wanted to say a quick thank you to Gary @ Solo in Maidstone for getting my latest range of supplements together and ready for my next training block leading up to Lanzarote.

When things are getting grim and the body's hurting i know i can count on the supplements I'm using.

Barclays and Bond

Barclays and Bond

Exciting news today Jon Bond and Barclays are in talks with a sponsorship deal for 2012.

My local branch are looking into area's in which they can assist me with my goals for 2012.

Training camp @ CLS in Lanzarote

This is just a quick post to say thanks to my coach Ben Ward and his partner from Team Solo.

Id like to say thanks for organising and paying for me to go to CLS early next season, This is a wonderful chance for me to get some excellent coaching  from some of the worlds best long distance triathletes.

Thanks Ben and Dan @ Team Solo.