THE TOM CAMPBELL POST

An explanation: In a moment of substantial humour (I'm being ironic) my friend Tom tweeted back at me recently when I posted / tweeted the web address for my blog by saying how much he enjoyed my blog post. In reply I said that as he loved it so much that I would dedicate my next blog post to him - so here it is. You can follow Tom Campbell on twitter - he's actually very funny (I think so anyway) though please ignore anything he says about me as it's (probably) not true!

On to cycling. As I write this I'm not feeling too good as I've picked up a nasty cold so I'm just chilling at home and catching up on things - selling some old bits on eBay, updating my blog and tweeting like I'm getting paid for it! Training has been good (until now, obviously) and so I can't really complain there. I've been training quite informally to some extent - doing plenty of decent kilometres with some specifics, though the structure of my training will change slightly from December onwards. Last year I spent January and February in Spain - I'm still toying with the idea of going away again although I may opt to stay in the UK next year and simply go away for a couple of week long training camps. Much will be dependant upon factors regarding the team next season, and when and where we will start racing.

I was out training recently and met Andy from Daily Cycle who was out road testing a new bike for an article. Andy has asked me to write a short article about winter training for the website, so keep checking back on there for when it's posted up. I'll no doubt provide a link at some point anyway too.

Preparation for next season continues, though below is a picture of the 2012 'Forme Thorpe Elite' race bike. My 2011 race bike will be going back to Forme soon and so I'll be on a Forme Plateau training bike for a while. I'm actually quite looking forward to being on a different bike again for a while, though naturally I'm looking forward to season 2012 even more.


Forme Bikes will soon be selling the team bikes from this season, so if you're interested in a 2011 Forme Zenith (Dura Ace wheels and groupset) then search and contact the team on Facebook under 'Forme Impsport SanLamere Cycling Team' or use the 'Contact Us' option on the Forme Bikes website. All bikes have been professionally maintained throughout the season - asking £1800 or near offer.

If I'm honest I'd say that this blog post has said quite a lot without actually saying anything, which is quite appropriate as it is a bit like my mate Tom on twitter. Follow him anyway!

Cheers.