As I sit here in January I can reflect upon 2013, and what a year it was.
Some great sprint-distance duathlon racing at Dorney Lake in sunshine, a cold Althorp and a torrential Marlow. The season culminated in racing for the GB age-group team at the European sprint duathlon champs in the Netherlands. I came 13th in age-group.
A couple of days after I flew to San Francisco with work and got some good running R&R and some great cycling.
A running niggle escalated to an injury and I ignored it, racing the Shinfield 10km and then I continued until the Grendon sprint tri; my only triathlon outing of the year. Finally I saw sense and took some time off running, investing the time in upping my cycling volume.
The knock on effect was that I would be in no shape for the 2014 duathlon Euro qualifiers which had been moved to autumn. I would live to fight another day!
As the autumn season approached I entered the new Dinton duathlon where I placed the highest ever; 10th overall. My focus then moved to training for a February 14 half-marathon and the impending winter cross-country league. Oh, and another 5km PB early December.
So despite some negatives it has been a great year for me.
My race schedule page has been updated for 2014 and I look forward to starting this new year, racing hard and getting some great results!
Happy New Year!