Its tempting at this point to announce my seasons goals; and then mention fitness levels, aerobic power, CTL graphs, vo2max neuromuscular power and all that kinda stuff. Er... its not that kinda blog; but, I have got a Kurt Kinetic trainer so I'll occassionally toss around a few numbers for the geek factor... So why the name Ade Merckx, one of my non cycling homies gave me the name and it kinda stuck. I know what you're thinking. Is there's a genetic link to a certain E. Merckx?...er perhaps, you'll just have wait and see.
10 things you probably never knew about me!
I eat more sweets than the average 12 year old (my son told me ), I once featured in a BBC documentary for young people about starting up you're own record label; I accidentally wrote a hit pop record in the late eighties for a very cool sexy chick; I carried around the philosopher Karl Popper's, The Growth Of Scientific knowledge in a ruck sack for six months, don't ask; and I reckon in my footballing prime my left foot was a good as Arsenals', Liam Brady;
Cycling's is now my main passion of course- so much so that when I started I'd often rewound the 2003/4 TDF DVD's about thirty times just to try and calculate LA's average cadence in one of the Individual TT's; I'm a typical taurean and insist or always try to get my own way; I'm often woken up at night by fears of Alien abduction; I don't know a damn thing about bike components - in the 2007 Tour of the Back Mountains it took 30 minutes for me to fix a puncture. And finally I think the coolest word in the English language is THRESHOLD
So here's the format. Everytime I ride competitively (RR's TT's or Sportivs) - number on the my back or bike frame- I'll try to give you my own 'emotionally detached' (lol's...yeah right!)retrospective on the event. The show should literally get going on the road in March. But I'ain't a fan of racing in the cold so we'll just have to see. However I will try to race at least three times a month. Crystal Palace, Surrey League RR's, Hillingdon, Dunton, Milton Keynes should all feature at some point. Thanks for reading and take care.
