February 2011

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no racing for me

Submitted by monica on Sat, 02/26/2011 - 03:28

well have not got much better, god knows how we even get up and down the stairs. we are both still really sick, on more meds, have been to hospital on a drip, feel just purely evilly awful! so there was no way that I could drive to Jo'burg yesterday to get to the Enduro World Cross Country opening round. Pretty gutted, but I woulda crashed my brains out before I even started.

looking forward to Turkey next week to do some coaching and meet Red Bull Turkey guys, should be fun.

sick as a dog

Submitted by monica on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 03:28

oh man, Mon and I have come down with CHRONIC awful food poisoning, trust me there are no photos or videos you want associated with this! IT SUCKS! am hoping that I get better in time to drive to Jo'burg for the race on Saturday ...

First race and first win

Submitted by monica on Tue, 02/22/2011 - 22:05
Chris Birch Comsol Alfie Cox KTM Race team
Chris Birch South Africa KTM Enduro
Chris Birch South Africa KTM Enduro

My first race in South Africa for the Comsol Alfie Cox KTM race team went really well. It was the first round of the WFO cross country series held near Petermaritzburg, about an hour from our new home. I don’t have a ranking in this series yet so had to start in the middle of the pack, 14 rows from the front. I rode a pretty strong race and after four hours got to the front and pulled a two or three minute lead. I’m stoked with the bike and am really happy to have gotten the season off to a strong start.

motocross training

Submitted by monica on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 21:44
Chris Birch South Africa MX Practice
Chris Birch South Africa MX Practice
Chris Birch South Africa KTM MX Practice

Some photos from the sweet sweet MX track in Comsol county. I normally don't get into the MX too much but this was a lot of fun. I think I'll be doing a lot more of this.

Settling in South Africa

Submitted by monica on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 03:28
Chris Birch South Africa Training
Chris Birch South Africa training
Chris Birch Comsol Alfie Cox Racing preparation

Been training hard last few days, today went to the gym to do my program that Optimal Sports have givenme, then went for a two hour mountain bike ride with Paul, one of my teammates. We got lost though and managed to hitch a lift back on bakkie (ute). Mon made us two lunches then went to the coffee shop across from our house. Now up at Iain's playing on bikes and building the track again.

Got first WFO enduro this Saturday, looking forward to that!

New team and new bike

Submitted by monica on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 03:20
Chris Birch South Africa KTM
Chris Birch Comsol Alfie Cox Racing Team South Africa
Chris Birch South Africa KTM

Meet and greet with the Comsol Alfie Cox racing team today, lovely lunch, fun ride, great new bike!

Hello South Africa

Submitted by monica on Sun, 02/13/2011 - 20:40
Chris Birch South Africa
South Africa Motorcross National Round

We've arrived in South Africa safe and sound. We've been sorted with a sweet house, a mint, brand new Mercedes Vito van, and even Lindt chocolates in teh pantry (says Mon). Got my bike, most importantly, KTM300, looks pretty flash - am testing it today, riding it in with the rest of the Comsol Alfie Cox Racing team, probably won't look too flash for too long.

Went to watch some of the SA MX nationals yesterday, stinking hot and dusty, but pretty fast riders.

Goodbye New Zealand

Submitted by monica on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 20:35
Chris Birch KTM New Zealand
Chris Birch Auckland Leaving Dinner

After a few short weeks of organising, me and Mon are finally ready to leave NZ and head to South Africa for the year. Bags are packed, bikes are returned, dog is sent to the farm, all we gotta do is jump on the plane - for 30-odd hours. Joy! Looking forward to a great 2011 racing year.

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