• Archive for September, 2010

    Train Smart!

    by James Moffat • September 25, 2010 • Training • 0 Comments

    In cycling getting your training right is so important and could alter the income of a season or even a career of racing. In the past 30 years training has changed significantly, back then the formula was simple, ride as many k’s as possible. Dad (who rode in his teens) tells me of his training [...]

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    Reflections on Camp

    by James Moffat • September 23, 2010 • Training • 3 Comments

    After every school camp you are landed with the epic task of writing a reflection on the camp. Here I am going to breifly reflect on the Blackburn Cycling Club Eildon Junior Training Camp. Before I start with my own perspectives on camp I would like to wish James Sgardelis a speedy recovery. On the [...]

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    Punctures

    by James Moffat • September 12, 2010 • Racing • 0 Comments

    As I am writing this I have just got home from the last Kew Boulevard TT after a slightly embarrassing DNF. However the title of the post explains those awful three letters. The puncture happened about three k’s in where it slightly flattens out. Instantaneously (love that word) my tyre was completely flat. As it was a race it [...]

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    Why I hate D grade

    by James Moffat • September 4, 2010 • Racing • 0 Comments

    At the recent Kew Boulevard TT for the first time I rode D grade. This happened after winning the previous E grade TT. The reason I didn’t want to move to D grade isn’t the fact that I am now racing grown ups nor the fact that I am now unlikely to pocket $20 from [...]

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