It’s strange not being at a World Cup after three years on the sidelines, shouting encouragement, giving splits and information. Offenburg I think was better this year, than last year. I can remember last year spending a lot of time huddled under a tree as the rain poured down! It was one of those days when it rained hard, then dried up, then rain again followed by more sun!

Freecaster TV has been such a great addition to MTB. At 6am Californian time I sat up in my bed and watched the men’s race. Sorry Lene …. I didn’t wake earlier! Benno called a few times …. After two calls he realized that I could give him more information about what was happening, than he could despite being there. Freecaster covered so many of the moves …. I could see Burry and Susi making their move, Todd in there with the leaders and later running with the bike and could report back what happened to Susi and most importantly, that he was ok.

Lene again impressed this weekend. She rode much of the race, especially the later stages with sore ribs, following her training ride tussle with a car on Thursday. That did not stop her. Burry “the kid” is growing and growing …. As for Susi and Todd I was really disappointed but that’s racing.

Over to Florida ….. I shake my head when I think about the range of ability Terenzo has shown …. Second in Ironman New Zealand, an almost 8.5 hour race and then second in a competitive St Anthony’s in a little under 1 hour 50 minutes. Being able to produce such broad ranging results is impressive. The man is in the office tomorrow and I am looking forward to finally meeting him.