| Current team | Team Inov8 |  |
| Occupation | Arborist |
| Home town | Brentford |
| Country | Middlesex UK |
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| After several years of international road cycling ending 94/95 I moved away FROM competition and just did sport for fun! Mainly white water kayaking, mountain biking and of course a little road cycling! Then late 1999 my first Ace Race and... dodgy knees! (as a cyclist 'running' was not a word I understood!)I persisted through this and a stress fracture - running induced of course - invested in the help of a podiatrist and some orthotics and slowly improved. I like the idea of adventure racing as you don't have to train much in any one discipline, and if you don't feel like cycling you can leave the bike at home and go for a paddle! And the more disciplines you do.... the more fun the training is! |
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| Best AR discipline | Cycling |
| Worst AR discipline | Inline skating, but I'm working on it! |
| AR ambitions | To finish each race to the best of my abilities - and improve!! |
| AR bugbear | Putting on your last dry pair pair of socks and then getting wet feet again within 5 miniutes. |
| AR best moment | Lots, but usually right in the middle of the worst bits!! The first trek in the Worlds Champs - Switzerland was pretty special ! |
| AR worst moment | Trying to sit on a bike saddle 3 days after the Red Bull 24 hour. |
| My AR best results | 2003 Mt Isobel Challenge NZ, 1st solo & 1st overall. 2002 Eco Challenge Fiji - 10th. |
| Ace Race male pairs 2001 1st. Ace Race team 2002 1st x2 |
| Red Bull 24 hour - 1st Solo. Dusk til Dawn 12 hour ATB - 1st Solo |
| High Peak Mountain Marathon 1 mixed team, 2nd overall. |
| My next AR events | The Full Monty |
| WARC 2007 |
| Favourite AR race | I've yet to do it!! but so far I think the Hebridean Challenge was pretty good - or maybe that's because you get a good nights sleep ! |
| Favourite piece of kit | Inov-8 race pro 30 pack |
| Advice(tip) for other racers | Remember....the worse it is at the time, the more satisfying it will be later |
