Parry Cyclist

Woolly Mamil Round 4 Pre Race I wake up to the lovely sound of rain bouncing of the window, it must be race day at woolly mamil. This four series race event had brought the most disgusting weathers to Saturdays, snow, sideways rain, wind and cold. But it has been brilliant, I'm now gutted this is the last race. Its well organised has good facilities and is a cracking course to race on. If I am racing next year then this will be where I start my season. Back to today race and like I said the weather is poor, small gusts of winds and rain was pelting the window as I looked out of the window. I made sure I had eaten plenty in the morning so I wouldn't run out of energy within the first few laps as I did in round 2. We arrived and on sign on I was told it was only running around 15 min late, I warmed up and set sail for the start line. Me Harry and Tom Race for 9th Place Race I noticed a few faces I had not seen before but most had been throughout the series. I...

Woolly mamil round 3 Pre-Race Another miserable Saturday weather wise. I don't know what I've done to the weather gods on Saturdays but the last three have been shit! I had some porridge for breakfast then took my son to the café in Lichfield which has a play area for him to run round and enjoy. I feel bad Saturdays as most of his and the wifes day is took up with me racing, so I try to spare as much time with them in the morning to make up for it. Last week we established I didn't eat enough before the race (porridge & banana), and that's why I blew out straight away. This week I decided to eat a lot more, at the café I ordered coffee and jam on toast, back home I had a bit of pasta and veg not to much though. Travelling to stourport is a bloody nightmare with the roadworks on the m5 so we leave at little early to make sure we have plenty of time when we get there. As usual first thing I do is sign on, get my number and look down the sheet so how many others...