Picking my top 5 favourite events from the many races I competed in this year is no easy task! Hopefully it provides you with a little motiv

Today’s performance was 7 years in the making, since 2012 I've been wearing Great Britain team colours at World Championships with only one absence when the race went to South Africa. This crazy race has been a nemesis for me, never before had I finished the race satisfied with my performance, until now. On Thursday I travelled to Switzerland with coaching client Ruth, after winning National Championships in July she'd qualified, you can't turn down the opportunity to race Wo

World Championships (nearly) always delivers a challenging circuit but the Dolomites stretches competitors limits more than anywhere else. The stats only tell a small part of the story: 4200m ascent over 102km. 35km are relatively flat which leaves 77kms of very steep ups or downs. The first ever World Marathon Championship took place in 2003 in Lugana. This years edition would be the fourth hosted in Italy.The Worlds course is the same as the 3Epic one, except for a few part

A couple of months ago I profiled my Simplon Cirex full suspension bike. Now we take a look at my lightweight climbers bike, the Simplon Razorblade 29 hardtail which I raced at World Marathon Championships last weekend. For me the course over 102km with 4200m ascent best suits a lightweight bike. I also rode this bike at European Championships in April and the choice on the start line was split pretty evenly between hardtail and full suspension but the 2 elite winners were bo

Just a week left until I line up for another World Marathon Championships. It seems a crazy thing to say 'another', but I'm taking a pretty relaxed view of this years Worlds. I'm going to the Dolomites on Tuesday and I plan on enjoying myself. I'm staying with my friend Imogen and Mike from MarathonMTB.com who I haven't seen for a number of years, if they want to go for gelato and pizza we'll go for gelato and pizza. On Wednesday and Thursday I'll be out riding the whole cour

It’s always an experience racing World Championships and this year was no exception. On Thursday British Airways cancelled our flight, we were so close to not making it to the start line but flights rescheduled for Friday we were on route to my 5th Worlds. Over the years I’ve moved up from a starting position on the back rows where you can barely see the start line it’s so far in front to now being gridded on the second row with race number 18. Over the years we’ve visited th