I’ve been back from Spain for 3 weeks now getting some roadmiles in. Myself and Jen were staying with Scottish tri legend Cat Morrison and it was an interestingexperience to see her approach. The weather in Aguilas was not idealunfortunately and we got caught out a couple of times the worse requiring being rescued from a truckstop by Cat in her Nisssan Micra!

Having also started getting some solid running, 100k atunder 4min k average last week! I thought it was time to commit to some races. My priorities have changed slightly so as disappointed as I am to miss the Castles race I want to go where the best pro field will be and really get out of the comfort zone.

I need to repeat some run base training and conditioning so I want to put back my first long distance event a bit. I’ve got a couple of shorter races in May, June to sharpen up then a few weeks to get in to Ironmanmode before some long races.

The new TriGrandPrix elite series promises to be somethingspecial. They have looked for some really challenging courses and have put together some very good quality pro fields with Eneko Llanos heading the list.

The first race in the outrageous half in Kent on May 30ththen on to Basque country for Zarauts triathlon on 12th June.

I will be heading down to Kent on April 25th fora course preview with Dann Brook and Jose Torres so anyone interested in seeing the course and riding with us should come along. It looks like a real toughie so I’m hoping for a bit of a tactical advantage but it will be a real experience I think. ITU meets Ironman meets formula 1!!!!

I’m hoping to be able to recover and get a couple of big brick sessions in before Challenge Copenhagen on the 15th of August.This is one of the most hotly anticipated races of the year. I can wait to seea city I’ve heard so much about and get stuck in with a great field of ¼athletes. The flat bike course suits my steady power style on the bike,something you should think about when you pick your races.

I’ll just have time to turn around from that before I goback to Challenge Barcelona. I was so frustrated to get a flat there last yearand miss the podium by seconds so I really want to give it everything thisyear. Jordi has pulled them through some of the tough times they had with theold race organisers and will put on a great race so I’m looking forward to itand the Beer festival afterwards!