Well great news, today I signed with Mavic Wheel Company until London 2012. Together with my Giant TCR Advanced it is a great combination.

Hi Everyone

Well I was 4th in the ITU Sprint World Champs on the weekend. It was a scenic course, swimming in Lake Geneva , Solid climb on the bike then a run along the water to finish off. It was quite fast race and it was a good hitout for Budapest coming up.I am back in france now training for the big one in 3 weeks.All seems to be on track and going well.

Spk soon
Sticksy

Hi Everyone

Last Saturday was the penultimate leg of the ITU World Championship Series in the ski resort town of Kitzbuhel Austria. I was out in the first pack in the swim, Unfortunately a small group of 5 guys got away on the new hilly and technical bike course and built their lead up to over 1min40 by the time we dismounted in transition 2.  I ran solid but couldn’t quite run down 3 of those guys. I moved closer to the podium in the series. It is about 150 points to 3rd place Alexandra Brukankov of Russia so I will push for a medal in 4 weeks time in the Grand Final in Budapest.

I will compete in Lausanne on Saturday for the ITU World Sprint Distance World Championships. The race will be on www.triathlon.org -I will let you know how it goes.

Best Wishes

Sticksy

LONDON WCS

Hey Everyone!!

Last Sunday was the 5th round of the World Championship series. It was another good chance to check things again with the 2012 Olympics coming around quite fast. They will change the Hyde Park course a little but the swim/run and most of the bike will remain the same.

I had a good swim and was out in the top 10. Unfortunately we couldn’t stay away on the bike and were caught by the larger pack and it all came together. It was a fast transition and a fast run. They measured the course 10.3km I ended up finishing 6th again in a time of about 30.18 i think. So all going well. The run feels like it is now progressing after the shin problem. I moved up to 4th overall in the series with two races to go. Kitzbuhel Austria is next in 2 1/2 weeks then the Grand Final in Budapest a couple weeks after that.

I will keep you updated on that.

Best Wishes

Sticksy

Hey Everyone

Just a quick update.

Last weekend was Hamburg ITU World Championship series. I finished 6th. I was quite happy with this, as I had some shin problems the last month. All seems to be going well now and progressing well.

I was out of the Alster Lake in a good position and rode hard to catch the small 1st pack on the bike. Most of the packs came together towards the end of the bike. The run feeling wasn’t great but I hung on to 3 others racing for the podium position. I faded a little as expected in the closing KM but i was great to have a good hit out and a fast run. The crowd was great, over 200 000 there to watch and broadcast live on TV throughout Europe.

I am now back in Aix Les Bains for only 2 days before heading to London for the next of the WCS on Sunday over the 2012 Olympic course.

I am now 6th in ITU World Championship rankings.

I will keep you posted.

Best Wishes

BK

Hi Everyone

Well I am back in the French town of Aix Les Bains again for the rest of the European season. Unfortnatly Des Moines didn’t go to plan. Swim/bike in the first pack then had problems on the run leg. I had problem with my shin the weeks prior to this race. I fell coming out of the water in Witten for the team relay and hit my knee quite bad, this triggered pain in the lower tibia for the following weeks. I had a MRI in Des Moines the day before the race which turned out to be ok news with no stress fracture just bone bruising.I rested the shin after the travel from the USA and with treatment everyday, everything seems to be running well and no pain. I have been training normal milage/intensity on it which is great for the past weeks.

Aix Has been nice and hot. Track session yesterday was 35 deg which was a shock to the system but it sure beat the colder weather we had in spring here in Europe.Next races are Hamburg WCS, London WCS then onto Kitzbuhel then finale Budapest.

Will update with some pic’s soon.

Cheers
Sticksy

Greatings from Tenero.

Great spot, very nice people and great training.There are some pics attached. Thanks Iwan!

I will not be racing Madrid this weekend as I will save the legs for Des Moines the week after. After Des Moines I am back to France for the final 4 series races.

Best Wishes

BK

Hi Everyone

Last weekend was round two of the German Bundesliga in Witten. The first race was a team relay. Very short and fast. I was the final leg and by the time it come around to us guys the field was strung out and we had a time trial swim/bike/run which was fun. I moved the team up to 2nd. In the afternoon we had a Team Time trial sprint race. Our team performed well and we ended up 2nd,  Asics team Witten taking the title.

Keep you updated shortly

Best Wishes

Sticksy

Hi Everyone

Last Sunday was the round one of the German Bundesliga in Gladbeck. I had my second win in the series winning by a mere 1 second over team Mate Frenchie Freddy B. We had a strong team racing for Buschhuetten. The first race was very short 250m/5k ride/2.5k run. Then it was a team time trial in the afternoon which we also won. The distance for the team time trial was 550m/20k/5k. It was a great day for the team and we won by just under 2min.

The video of the race is below.

I am now training in Tenero Switzerland in the Swiss Alps. It is a such a nice location on the lake which borders Italy. I will send some pics soon. Next race is Witten Bundesliga this Sunday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO3weVvrDz8

Cheers

Sticksy

Hi Everyone

Sorry for the late update .

Well last Saturday was the 2nd round of the World Championships Series in Seoul South Korea.

Overall my feeling was a lot better than Sydney. I was out of the chilly water in the first pack than stayed there on the very technical bike course. Half of the course was in a riverside park and through the parking lot which made it important not to be too far behind coming into this part of the course. Out on the run Frodo and Courtney set a fast pace out of the transition. I just missed this by about 30m. Most of the run I was trying to run up to the two leaders by myself. But they ended up staying away.

I am currently 4th on the World Rankings. I am now in Debrecen Hungary training here at their training centre which is close to the Romanian border. We are been looked after well and they support triathletes here at the sport training base.

This weekend I have the first round of the German League in Gladbeck. It is a super sprint triathlon followed by a team time trial. Should be a bit of fun!

Cheers for now.

Pics by Delly Carr- Thanks Delly!

Sticksy