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D.O.B : 05/11/1990
Cycling team : Cycle Club Ashwell/ Eastern region team
How did I start
?
When I was 15 a member from the British talent team came to my school
and was testing people my age on mountain bike to see if there was any
talent in schools for the 2012 Olympics and beyond. The whole year was
time on a 300m track and I got one of the fastest times in the year and
was asked to come back for more training. They guy got my into a local
club (cycle club Ashwell) and I brought my first road bike. At first
I only did the odd ride every Sunday with the club to keep fit, but then
I made good mates with Jake who is a year older and inspired me to start
riding regularly as he was very good and I want to be as fast as him.
As time progressed I started to train 4-5 days a week and was put in
touch with Lawrence Oldershaw who is a 2x ex iron man long course winner
who trained and taught me how to compete and race at a good level. He
set me monthly training programs and was training 6-7 days a week and
after turning 16 I started racing on the road, I also met Jim Rees from
the club and then got me thinking and believing that maybe I could take
this a step further and dream bigger and race at professional level.
Best moment on
the bike
Finishing 2nd in the Ashwell Primavera road race, even thought I was
beaten by an ex-professional I was pleased with my ride and gained enough
points to move up to category 3, also getting picked for the eastern
regional team to race in the junior tour of Wales.
What inspires
me
Well at first watching my mate Jake, he was so fast and powerful, but
then I realised you need a to have a good mind set to do well, not just
in races but in life and that’s when Jim inspires me, it must have
been tough physically and mentally to finish the RAAM, and just hearing
the stories makes me want to ride my bike.
What I want to
achieve
Short term
To win my first road race
To achieve a 2nd category road licence
To ride for a road race team such as Glendene - a good local team who
are good and helping juniors achieve there full potential.
Long term
Get into the Olympic development squad (3years)
Ride for an Elite road racing team
To achieve a Elite race licence
To compete in the RAAM as a four man team, if all goes well then maybe
solo
To train and complete a iron man at a later stage in life
Motto
“ Success is determined not so much by the size of one’s brain, but
by the size of ones thinking”
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Hillindon - 9th
M.K bowl series - 9th
M.K bowl series - 9th
M.K bowl series - 8th
M.K bowl series - 5th
M.K bowl series - 4th
M.K bowl series - 2nd
Ashwell Primavera - 2nd
Anglo Polymers - 5th
Barracchi Road race - 20th
29th July - Redbirdge Road race
2nd August - M.K bowl summer series 16
5th August - Chelmer C.C Road race
9th August - M.K bowl summer series 17
12th August - Neil Gardener Memorial Road race
16th August - M.K bowl summer series 18
19th August - Junior nationals
25th - 28th August - Junior Tour of Wales
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