Kitchen nightmare

Argggggh! I planned to go practice today but whilst doing the washing up, I cut a chunk out of my finger on the food processor blade. Its taken ages to stop bleeding and I think if any pressure is exerted at the moment it will just burst open. So no riding today, oh well, I think some times things like this happen for a reason.

Finningly Race

It was my first race back in about 10 months and DAMN was it hard! The weather was great and the track seemed to be running great too. There was an A, B and C class and every class was stacked with a full gate of 40 plus riders. Being my first race back in about 10 months I would have gone for the C class but Mason registered me in the B class before I even got there. I'm glad he did this as there is no better time than the present to step up. Its easy to stay down and make it easy on yourself but you're never going to improve unless you move up.


Moto 1 came round and I was psyched. I managed to get round the first corner in 3rd place which felt amazing. I stayed top 3 for a couple of laps but then I tired and dropped off very quickly. I was stoked as I had the speed to run up front, I just needed to work on fitness.

By the end of the first moto I was asking myself why I put myself through it all. I felt absolutely exhausted. Luckily there was a decent break between motos which gave me some time to recover.


My last 2 motos were similar to the first. I had a good start but then dropped off quickly due to overall lack of fitness and strength. I did however learn how to seat bounce properly. It was the first time I had really needed to do it. Another rider noticed that I was struggling to clear a jump and told me what to do. I started to do it in the last moto and by the end of it I was just about clearing the jump. Its a great feeling when you learn something new. I ended up getting 13th overall for the day which I thought was excellent considering the amount of riders and the class I was racing in. I'm also confident that will improve drastically when I get fit again.


2 Days on and I'm still feeling the pain. My left hand has four blisters on it and one of them feels like a 2nd degree burn as it has gone through a couple layers of skin. My thighs ache, my arms ache and my cheeks ache from a big ol' motocross smile.

First practice back

Last night was awesome. To finally sling my leg over the bike again and crack that throttle to hear the roar of the KX250F felt amazing. I'm feeling a bit stiff today but I'm still buzzing.

I did a total of 3 motos all of varying length, my first being the shortest. Although I felt really good it didn't take long for the dreaded arm pump to set in. I think this is by far the hardest thing when you've had some time off the bike. I'm definitely not up to scratch fitness wise as I haven't been doing much physical activity at all but it didn't seem to affect me much. My lungs and and the rest of my body felt okay but my forearms felt like they were going explode.

Theres nothing I can do about this except ride which is a good thing because thats all I want to do at the moment.

Apart from the arm pump my speed and technique felt good. Bring on racing this Sunday!

Lets go ride

After a week of hard work we've managed to get most of our stuff in the new house, more importantly the garage is sorted which means all my bike stuff has been moved across and is ready to go.

Mason has just taken delivery of a new KXF fo-fiddy and so he is amped to go ride. The timing has been great as we're both ready to get down to some racing. Speaking of which it looks like we'll be racing on Sunday. I haven't ridden in a quite a while and not raced since last year but I figure the best way to get back into it is to just go and do a race.

Luckily tonight I'll get some practice in at Peakdale, I can't WAIT!

Moving House

No riding taking place at the moment as we're moving into our new house. I'm really looking forward to having a nice big garage to store and work on the bikes, it will be a refreshing change from 'the bike room'.

So hopefully all things going well we should be in by the end of July. As soon as I get the chance I'll be hitting a practice track, its been way to long. I also plan to do some racing before the year is out too. Regular updates to follow!

Top of the podium

On the 5th of July 2008 I got my biggest win yet. Its been a long time coming and I couldn't have done it without the support of some great people around me. My main man Daniel Clifford was on true form through out the event and the lead up to it. With all his hard work I was able to relax and focus on the task ahead.

The day couldn't have gone any better as the team and I went 1-1. What followed was an awesome after party and then a week long holiday to relax and recover. My greatest win of all time never to be bettered.

Arrrghhh busy busy times!

I'm so busy at the moment with trying to organise stuff for the wedding and doing work stuff that unfortunately riding has taken a bit of a back seat. I did expect this to happen though but after the 5th of July (and honeymoon) I should hopefully be back on it. Mason had his pins out yesterday and the op was a success so he should be riding soooooon!

Dan Clifford of Urban Air is currently in China for the world champs, good luck bro, bring home the W plate!

In the meantime, I saw this video this morning and it literally had me in tears! I think my work colleagues thought I was on something.