Well I arrived in Belgium yesterday in Oudenaarde, which will be my base for potentially the next seven months! We moved into a new house which is gorgeous, it’s a three bedroom bungalow attached on to a B&B and has been recently renovated so everything is new and shiny! It’s equipped with everything we need and has three big squashy sofas which will be lovely to come back to after a hard days training!

Today was a 30 minute spin on stationary rollers before breakfast, stretching, core and glute exercises then out on the road for just over two hours. We rode on part of the course of the Omloop het Nieuwsblad, a race we are doing in six days time – it looks like it will be a tough one! Then it was back to the house for more food, more sleep and more training. This time it was on the turbo…a nasty little time trialling session using a power tap wheel so every second and pedal stroke counts and there’s no hiding!… But they do say no pain no gain!