Training

The training is ramping up as I get back to speed after sitting on the sidelines for almost 5 months with a broken hand! I have been training with Mat Dodd at various tracks here in SE Qld including Illinbah, Old Tambo and a couple of secret locations!! Last weekend Mat & I spent Saturday riding at Tambourine Mountain (Old Tambo)and punched out lots of runs in conditions which were near perfect. We went back again on Sunday with Dad (Harvey Power)as our shuttle driver however; temperatures were getting pretty hot at 32oC and it did not take long to start tiring! We managed about 6 full runs of Pinball and the track had turned dusty and loose but still a lot of fun before deciding to pull the pin after nearly crashing several times on my last run down. Next weekend we plan to hit the tracks again in an effort to regain as much fitness as possible before the racing season commences. Mat and I are working on our racing program for next season which hopefully will include an overseas season in Europe/Canada and the USA but more of that when it is all confirmed.

UPDATE

It has been awhile since I updated my Blog and that is because I have been out of action with a broken hand for the past 4-5 months! Unfortunately, I broke the 4th Metacarpal in my right hand just weeks before I was to depart for the USA and Canada with Matt Dodd which created some issues but eventually they were all resolved! Matt went ahead with his travel and competed very successfully in the Eastern States Cup - New York State picking up a number of podium finishes including a 1st which was an awesome achievement. Me, I stayed at home to mend which sucked but I have learnt some good life lessons from this incident!

I am happy to report that I finally got back on the big bike (Santa Cruz V10 - carbon) last weekend for the first time since late April. What better track to test out my mended right hand but the infamous, Illinbah!! A team of us headed up by Matt Dodd and including Chris Dalziel, Paul Dymalla and Dad (Harvey) have been working away getting Illinbah back to it's best riding/racing condition now that the rain has stopped and it is has dried out for the first time in 2 years!! A team of devoted riders headed out again last Saturday to put the finishing touch's to the track and then got to do runs for the next few hours. We headed back down on Sunday for some more runs but I was flogged out so only got in about 5 runs which was plenty. My hand held up really well and I feel as though I am getting back on the pace with the bike which is a good feeling. Have a ride day happening out at Illinbah again this weekend so more opportunity to get ride/race fit before the National season kicks off in Australia & New Zealand.

That's it for the moment so will put up another post with pic's after the training days have been held. Cheers,