Author Archives: Alex Murray

Race face #1: suffering

That’s me gasping for air like a fucked pike on dry land at Chertsey. More race pics here: http://www.londoncyclesport.com/editorialgallery/gallery.asp?uegn=176 That’s mainly people not looking quite as riced as me. Still it looks like I’m putting the effort in at least. … Continue reading

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Farewell then, fat lad!

So Jan Ullrich has announced his retirement: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/feb07/feb26news2 (Incidentally cyclingnews.com is one of the best sources of cycling news out there) Who now will us amateurs look to for inspiration when we suffer with our “winter weight issues”? This legion … Continue reading

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First race of the new season: same shoddy luck

I was hoping to be able to write something along the lines of “Went OK today, didn’t quite finish in the points but managed to stay up in the bunch” but sadly, and possibly predictably, it didn’t go according to … Continue reading

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