V Marcha Cicloturista Juan Martínez Oliver

I raced in the marcha Juan Martinez at the weekend and had another good result coming 17th o/a . They also had Olympic champion Joan Llaneras taking part which was special, although he didn't contest the race. Out of the 131km we covered it rained for about 70, which considering we were racing around the so called deserts of Almeria and passed mini hollywood where they used to film scenes from spaghetti westerns it felt a bit wierd. Part of the race included a descent for a change which had a couple of people off in the rain, and carbon pinarello's dont make a nice noise when they are sliding. All the training seems to be paying off though. We are getting ready in Cadiar for the fiesta that starts this weekend and goes on for around a week with fair rides, music and food, and the free wine fountain!!! I'm racing again this weekend in Granada which will be it for a while then as we are busy with guests.
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Maraton la palma

Just got some photos from the race.

Maraton la palma

I raced in the 3rd round of the Adalucian mtb marathon championships on Sunday and had another good result. You always know if your doing well in these events when you have one slip and loose 20 places and by the amount of carbon bling your surrounded by. My result was 14th from 98 master 40's and 80th o/a from 364 starters, a big jump up from last year. I think I will try and do the whole 4 round series next year. We are busy with guests now until Christmas so not much time for more races this year but lots of training for next.

Here it is

The trophy turned up at last and as a special treat I got some name stickers done, such a poser. I've been getting the miles in on the mtb between guests ready for the race this weekend, the last round of the Andalucian mtb championships.

First at last !!!!!!!!

Just seen the results from the race at the weekend and I was the first master 40 and 42nd o/a from 268. I wish it had been a bit better organized then I might have known there was a podium while I was having a shower. Still , I don't think it's going to happen again for a while so I'm going to make the most of it. Result!