Update: All sorted

Been a hectic week. Started shifting on Sunday night and got everything sorted by today 6 days later. Didn't realise how much stuff I have. So sorry if I have been a little quiet but been trying to fit everything in.

Rode the Pursuit at Canterbury Champs and even though I did a PB it is fair to say it was the best conditions I have seen in 23 years of racing at the Denton Park Speeddrome (that's a joke, it's the worst track in history). Not having ridden for 14 days prior didn't help. Training now for Track Nats and doing the hard work now to get some power from the legs then some speed!

Completed and passed the Cycling NZ Commissaires Course. Used part of my SI Academy of Sport Coaching Scholarship to attend this. Thanks to Ian Densie for helping down in Invercargill and Graeme and Julie Irvine for putting me up for my time down there. Helped referee at Canterbury Champs and look forward to helping run some more events.

My course starts in a weeks time so I am getting pretty excited. Will be a good opportunity to broaden my understanding of sport science to facilitate my coaching. Also be good to be involved with people from other sports. I enjoyed doing the Coaching NZ level 1, 2 and 3 courses where I gained different perspectives on coaching and training from others.

Kudos to Megan Blatchford-Peck for cleaning up all the West Coast North Island Championship Sprint Events and the Sprint events at NZ Masters Games. Looking for an age group World Record at Track Nats. Sam Blenkinsop and Cameron Cole won rounds of the NZ DH Series while Amy Laird has been undefeated in the Open Women's section of the MTB series. Brooke Williams had to contend with very fast competition in the U17 girls events at Canterbury Champs but pulled out all the stops to win the Points Race and combine with her opponent to win the Teams Sprint. Both her and Simon Acker will be riding their first track Nationals and have been keeping me honest down at the track.

If you have events coming up think fast, if they are a wee way away think fit and remember life is short AIM HIGH!!!

Hamish