WCMCC Rockingham Criterium - A Grade :: 24th November, 2013

I love the Rockingham Criterium course. It's flat as a pan but still technical enough to keep things interesting. The roads are smooth and wide enough to take a reasonable sized peloton and when the wind blows, it can inflict some pretty serious suffering on smaller groups. I hadn't been down to the Rockingham course since March this year for the WCMCC Age Division Criterium Champs and was looking forward to renewing my acquaintance with the course. As I was swinging by to pick up AP on the way down, I knew that I would have at least one team mate with me and we were pretty sure Pat would be making his way down also ... although we didn't know he was already on his way making the trek down on his Tarmac.

WCMCC Kewdale Criterium - A Grade :: 17th November, 2013

With just a week since the Tour of Margaret River and a hard week of training, my decision to race today was very much last minute. With most of the Unicorn-Specialized team down at a training camp in Busselton or, in the case of the Fox, taking a break from racing, I wasn't sure if I would be a sole representative of the team so I went with that expectation. Additionally, not having been able to get out for my usual Saturday morning ride, I jumped on the bike early this morning with Simon Verona to get some kilometres in for a warm up before heading to Kewdale for the event. This was probably not the best preparation for a race but at least I would get some race practise in.