2010 let it begin…
Hello and welcome back…
It was hot day on the 3rd of May 2008, deep in the Swiss Alps I was about to start the 5th stage of the Tour de Romandie. A brutal 130km stage with 4 mountain passes lay ahead, though my day would soon become even harder as my left leg filled with pins and needles on the second climb of the day. I couldn’t feel my foot and my hamstring felt like it was tearing every pedal stoke. That day I could have never imagined that 18months later I would still be dealing with problem.
Now today I write to you two days before departing for my base in southern France with a new motivation, knowledge and belief I can race to my full potential. It has been a road of many ups and downs (mainly downs) but with the support of my wonderful girlfriend, family, friends and support team the end is much brighter.
I would especially like to thank, Duncan Reid, and Brendan O’neil for heading my support team over the past months here in NZ. Their knowledge and the time they have all spent with me has been invaluable. Also too Criss Strange, Dan Smart, Lisa Hansen, Shaun Stuart-Jones, Seah Martin, Matt Brick, Sarah Ulmer, Brendan Cameron, and Mark Holland thank you all for your emails, text messages, late night phone calls and rehab sessions.
A couple of weeks ago I had a crack at my first race in 4 months. I wasn’t quite on top of things at that point but the Takapuna Criterium was a perfect place for me to test where I was at, and help out a good mate Scott Guyton riding on his Kiwivelo team. It was a great feeling to race in front of friends and family again along with the rest of the big crowd on the night, and to finish leading out my good mate Pete Latham for the victory was a nice personal victory for me.
I will leave it there as my suitcase needs some attention, but will be sure to drop you all a line once settled in Europe, and ready to report on a great year of racing in the pro peloton.
Look forward to hearing from you guys too.
Cheers
Tim
Hey Tim! Great to hear you’re back on the road again and heading back to Europe. All the best mate.
Comment by Justin Port — February 14, 2010 @ 8:47 pm
Best wishes for the 2010 Season Tim, Safe travels.
Comment by Marty & Marina G — February 15, 2010 @ 8:23 pm
Hi Tim,
If your doing any racing up here let me now . And there’s always a bed for your girlfriend if she likes to come and watch .
cheers
Comment by lies — February 16, 2010 @ 8:25 am
All the best for this season in Europe.
Let’s hope your health issues are all in the past and we can see your real potential shine through.
Cards
Comment by john cardwell — February 18, 2010 @ 11:23 am
Hey mate hope your settling in algud over there good to hear your on top of your injury problem by the sounds of it and motivated! All the best for your season hope you have a good one as you deserve it! and cheers for all the training rides over summer..
Ciao
Comment by Brad Carter — February 18, 2010 @ 6:56 pm
Hey Bro
Good to read your news.
All the best for the season
Will let ya know what we do to leaf at his stag .
Tchau
Comment by Bevan Williams — February 18, 2010 @ 10:28 pm
Hi Tim, wanted to let you know, avaerage (and below average like me) kiwi cyclists enjoy following you and the other Kiwi Boys now in the pro ranks. All tghe best for this 2010 season
Brent from NZ
Comment by Brent from NZ — March 2, 2010 @ 6:16 am
timmy timmy. good to hear your still sitting on a bike seat, wasnt sure if you had swapped it for a vineyard in the south of france..im still over in austria so looks as tho i can swing down to the cote de azur for a visit. awesome. good luck mate hope the body behaves and the legs do the talking, 2010 is all good!
saul
Comment by saul — March 2, 2010 @ 8:42 pm