Firstly, I just want to say a little message; unfortunately we
lost a friend, a sister, a best friend and a member of “the crew” to cancer. Everyone
is still struggling to come to terms with this, but Nicola Stock I still can’t
believe you are not here with us anymore you were one of the most courageous,
talented and humorous young ladies I have ever met! Jerry you have always been
there for her, Nic will always be watching and guiding you. Rest in peace Nic
xxx.
We have now left Wales and have arrived in Spain to
train in the heat and have also met up with the male sprinters that had arrived
a few days earlier than us.
In Wales we were all unsure what to expect or what we
would find in Wales, but we were lucky enough to venture to Cardiff on our rest
day which is the capital of Wales – 30 minutes drive from Newport if we were
lucky with the traffic. To start our day in Cardiff we did what all tourists do
and jumped onto a double decker touring bus with Nigel our tour guide after the
50 minute tour we split up and did a bit of shopping. Wales was definitely a
place that I wouldn’t have expected to go to but I have got to say I would love
go back!
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| Wales National Velodrome, Newport |
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| Wales tour bus |
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| Something interesting on the tour bus. |
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| A castle with the girls. |
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| More Castle |
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| Yankees... |
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| Out to dinner with the team. |
The
track in Newport was quite different to any other track that I have been on. We
spent 10 days to familiarise ourselves with the track and especially for
Natasha as the transitions on the track in Newport are very similar to the one
she will be racing on during the London Olympics!! If you are on twitter I
think you should follow her progress and support her at
So we have finally settled into our crib in Valencia.
Our first hit out was on the road and went for a spin through Valencia’s city
and we even got to ride through the start/finish straight for the formula 1
grand prix circuit! The weather here is hot and quite humid. It’s good to
actually feel some heat in the sun and get some vitamin D, rather than waking
up to frosts in the morning. The track here isn’t your norm it's an indoor concrete
250m, felt like I was back on Auckland’s track so it took a while to get use to
it and its colour...on that not I am looking forward to getting some more
Vitamin D into me and get some colour back into me!
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| Beach time here in Spain! |
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| Beach again... |
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| F1 Tourists |
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Valencia's Track!! Temperatures inside!
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