Champery World cup round 4 2010

Champery world cup track was amazing... In the dry. I had so much fun on the first day practice and was loving the track. I just had a good flow and speed the whole way down. It rained for Quali day and the track was good for the first runs but it got so rough and slick it was tough to stay on course. I crashed 4 times in my quali and had to stop to take my gloves of and pull a tear off. I lost about 30 seconds or something around that. I was gutted. I came in 86th place. It was not what I was looking for. Anyway I need to put that race behind me and look forward to Val di sole next weekend. I am hoping its going to be a better result.

Lewis

2010 UK National Championships- Ae Forest

After a succesfull weekend at the Scottish championships winning junior and fastest time of the day I carried alot of confidence in to the next race which was the UK National Championships at Ae Forest. I arrived there late Saturday morning and got in 5 practice runs. The track was damp and a bit muddy but I liked it and was getting on with it well. Sunday was Seeding and finals. On seeding my run was fairly good and I didnt make any mistakes and was 1st place by over 10 seconds. I ended up having the 5th fastest overall time after seeding only a few seconds behind Gee Atherton who seeded 1st in Elite.

In the finals I was pretty nervous but once my run got going I was focused on getting a good run in. My run was average. I made mistakes in a few places and just didnt find the flow that I found in my seeding. The track was slightly thicker mud aswell so it was slower. I ended up winning junior by 4 seconds but going 2 seconds slower than my seeding time. Overall this put me in the top 10 overall fastest time. I was really happy with how I rode overall the whole weekend and happy to be in the top 10.

Next race is Champery WorldCup 4 this weekend. I have been chilling the first day with the CRC/Intense guys at their Chalet and It's great. Its track walk today and first day practice tomorrow.

More news later

Lew

Lead up to UK National Championships...

After a successful weekend at the Scottish champs at Dunkeld I am now at home doing some road riding and core work and chilling out before the biggest domestic race in the UK. The UK National Championships is an important race for all. If you win it you get to wear the jersey and be crowned the National champion. In 2009 I was youth National champion and Its a great feeling.

I feel great coming in to it and I know what I have to do.
More info soon.


Lew

Scottish Championship Dunkeld

So after being back home for one day I headed to Dunkeld for the Scottish championships. It was a great weekend and I walked away with being the fastest junior by 19 seconds and getting fastest time of the day and Scottish Champ. My race run was pretty good and just kept it clean and safe. Iam super happy with how it went and I look forward to the UK National Champs this weekend at Ae Forest.

Lew

A week in Morzine/France...

After the IXS european cup in Leogang which I put in a good result at I then went to Morzine in France to ride for the week. I have never been before and I have always wanted to ride here. I have been staying with Tony, Kaos, Tahnee and Joanne Seagrave. Its been great to stay with them and they are such nice people. The riding here has been unreal. I have never had so much fun training and riding before. I have been riding with the crc/Intense boys and I felt as if my speed/confidence has shot up. I done a bit of riding with Kaos and he is a fast 10 year old for sure. I done a bit of riding with Tahnee and she's super fast up their. She has so much style and speed for a 15yr old girl. Its really good to see.

I am heading of to Champery to ride the WC track this week with Chris Ball and the other scottish juniors. It should be good fun and preperation for the wc.

Finally a massive thanks to Tahnee, Kaos, Tony and Joanne for this week, Its been great.

Lew