As many of you would know, I used to do XC MTB racing - something you'll never really get out of your system. Well after having not touched an MTB for over a year, today it all came back to me. My only problem was that I was on my road bike - ah well, I'm always up for something new!

I ended up in a town called Nuewerodde, 10km from my home town of Tielt Winge. I had a general idea of my whereabouts but wasn't sure just where the singetrack would take me. Yes, singletrack MTB trails on my road bike. Who said it can't be done?

After surviving my off road adventures on skinnies, I hit the tarmac and did the rest of my training, consisting of 10 x 30 second sprints and 6 x Strength Efforts on climbs (SE's) - just to get that burning feeling in my legs. But with all this racing I've been doing, it seems it will take more than that to give me that burning feeling. (which is a good thing!)

Well, time to move it... Jurgen is here to do massages so I better get ready! Cheers...