Our Belgium trip was an epic, lots of cycling, some star gazing and a week away from revision. One unfortunate gift I got partway through the week was a cold. This was the queen of colds the sort that makes you feel rubbish and unable to get out of bed, unable to eat and unable to concentrate.
I've had it a couple of weeks and I am just about over it however almost immediately I am dropping into my final A level exams. 2 more weeks at school, exams and then a holiday.
I planned at the beginning of the season to do some cycling, stop for my exams and then continue cycling once exams complete.
There is a small amount of cycling I have been doing which have proved quite profitable this year...Roller Racing. I won the local and national rounds of the Rollapaluza National Championships and recently I was invited to a competition they were running for Levi's new Commuter Jeans.
http://eu.levi.com/en_GB/Sprint-King
The challenge was to put the fastest time down for 500m on the rollers between the 19th April and 10th May in the Levi store in London.
The fastest Male and female time won a weekend trip away to the finale of the Tour De France in Paris.
Dad worked some magic with my rail tickets and managed to get me First Class (apparently it was only an extra £3!). First Class was brilliant, lots of leg room, nice food and drinks and i felt like royalty. The competition was in Selfridges and after my cold I was unsure what speed I still had in my legs.
Well I only needed to do one ride, 22.9 secs for 500m not my best but I was happy with it. A long way off the fastest chap however I was well in front of the next female. The competition didn't close for another week so I had an anxious wait to see if my time was to be bettered (lots of checking of the Levi's website).
Well I have won myself a little trip to Paris! Return trip for two on the Eurostar, 2 nights in the hotels and 250euros to spend in Levis in Paris. How ace is that!
Speak soon
Mel
