I joined the aboc family just over 12 months ago and have met some great people and learnt so much about cycling.

The only thing that I regret is that I did not take up cycling years ago. I am 39 years old and turn 40 in November and the thought of turning 40 scares me more than anything! I think it is important to set yourself goals, but how many times do you write them down and just put them in a drawer somewhere and just forget to look at them? Well, I thought if I put them down in my BLOG, it will be a constant reminder what I have set myself to achieve and will hopefully motivate me.

These are my goals;

1) Improve my 1:20 time to under 20mins. I am not much of a climber, but I love this ride.......back in May my best time was 22.55mins, but I recently have cut it down to 21.26 which is heading in the right direction.

2) ITT on the Boulevard Compete in every ITT and improve my time, so far I have achieved this and have knocked off over a 70 seconds from my first attempt.

3) Blackburn Track Season. I bought my first track bike a few months ago and I absolutely love it, I have never felt so comfortable on a bike, but the thought of racing is pretty scary and daunting.

Reading Dino's BLOG has not only made me think "should I really be doing this", but has also inspired me to give it a go. Until next time. Rob.