The last week has been a whirlwind of driving up and down the Interstate 5 from LA to San Diego and back with my side kick Joe Gambles. Joe had a number of sponsor commitments and I was keen to go see some friends down there, including web team mate Lesley Paterson. We managed (somehow) to fit in some decent training at the same time thankfully (resourceful us triathletes) … the reality being  that we essentially LIVED out of the back of our hire  (a cracking V-dub) van and therefore always had our bikes and kit to hand!

Me and our gear after one our many ‘on the road’ sessions this past week. All good fun Read on …

Riding out along the Pacific Coast Highway with the guys yesterday. Today everything got wrapped up - quite literally, as my new Madonne road bike has been boxed up and will be winging its way to Stirling without me having ridden it yet. It has been a cracking few days; leaving me super amped and excited about the season ahead as part of this fantastic new team! Read on …

Today we rode LONG - ‘5hrs, 150k and hilly’ long - here is me with Ironman 70.3 World Champion Mikie Raelert before we started outside K-Swiss HQ. - Note the loss of hair?!? Read on …