Hiya Everyone, Following my crash I was back on my bike after 5 days. My whole body hurt everywhere but slowly improved. Thanks again to everyone for their good wishes. Last Saturday was the Hetton Spring Classic, I hope everyone has thawed out-its the worst weather I have ever seen at Hetton. Congratulations to all who rode, it was a great turnout despite the conditions. Well done to all who helped, thank you for giving up your time-it wouldn't happen otherwise. I trained all week without any problems and enjoyed a day at Hetton with the Brady's and Moody's, thank you for inviting me. We did about 22 miles which was great as my Dad was at work and I got my training in and had fun at the same time. I traveled down to Manchester with Jamie, Jackie, Emma B and my mum and dad on Friday morning. We went to the Decathlon Store-spent too much money-then to the hotel and into the leisure complex. We had a great afternoon, swimming, relaxing in the sauna and jacuzzi and eating. We drove over to Manchester Velodome to begin the track accreditation course where we met up for the first of five sessions. It seemed strange to be riding where the British team had done so well winning all those medals a few weeks ago. After the track course we returned to the hotel and the next morning enjoyed breakfast before returning to the track for the 2 hour track time arranged by Darren. Well done to everyone especially those who rode the track for the first time. Thank you to Darren for organising the event. It was good to see the North East Cycling clubs joining together. We had riders from Hetton, Stockton, Cleveland and Newcastle. I think we were good ambassadors except everyone seemed keen to leave and a few of us were left putting all the bikes back!!! Thanks to Ken and Tony for taking the session. After the track we went back to the Decathlon Store-dad and Jamie wanted to spend more money!!. Then we traveled home, picked up Emma B's new bike and went to a pub for more food. We got home late and went straight to bed. We had a great weekend. Thanks for doing all the driving Jamie. Today was normal training but on Tuesday its the first Croft race. Hope to see some of you there. Love Emma T x