2026 February Masters Racing - MyWhoosh

Another month, another block of virtual racing in the books, this time for February. We wrapped up February Masters racing series on @mywhoosh this week, placing 3rd Overall. This series shifted slightly in February with a timing change, for us the two hour shift saw racing at either 5pm, 9pm or 5am. With none of the times looking particularly exciting, it was decided the 5pm time-slot was best for us to show up and repeat the efforts week after week over the month.

Inside MyWhoosh Masters Racing

Feb 6 – Belgium (Bruges): 33:57 | We kicked off the month on the flat Bruges course. Attempting to hold the draft of the stronger rider, with a good gap to the next rider. We held steady on the second loop of the course, soloing in for a 2nd place. 

Feb 13 – Alula (Nomad Trail): 28:56 | This was the "hurt-fest" of the month. A shorter, sharper effort where the pace didn't slacken at all. With 10 rises of approximately 20Vm over the 19km, with 7 rises in succession, there were lots of surges to break the bunch apart after a 4km warm-up. A group of 5 now had done most of the hard work and as we closed in on the finish line 2 riders got away finishing 25 seconds ahead of our bunch of 3. Gareth from Germany successfully out sprinted me (1/5th of a second) for 3rd and I had a 1 second gap on 5th.  

Feb 20 Round - Trying to hide in the draft

Feb 20 – Hudayriyat (Velodrome): 52:00 | The "Big Ring" week. 52 minutes of circling the island is as much a mental battle as a physical one. It was a tactical affair with 3 of us in the front bunch. Joy Fun from Japan stepped it up first, probably after seeing me surf the draft for much of the first lap. Then Matteo stomped on the Velodrome climb to make a gap. We placed 3rd with a clear gap of almost 3mins to 4th.

Feb 27 Round

Feb 27 – Arabia (Al Wathba): 35:49 | Closing out the month we were back on a flat course. The bunch was a bit bigger, with the likes of Joy Fun from Japan back in the mix. The bigger group saw the more powerful riders make their move early with a group of 5 getting away. Our bunch worked its way down to about 4 and as we got closer to the line one of the guys went early, leaving us to sprint for 6th. It was a very even sprint with half a second between the 3 of us. I managed to hold onto 7th.

February Masters Racing Series Overall Points

Our "no wins" trend continues this month, with both ourselves and the placing above us (just a slim 5 points ahead) best placing 2nd and 3rd in a single week. This isn't bad though because we also managed to place 3rd overall for the month of February and 1st in our age group.

Age Group Results for February

Results for the February block are available on @mywhooshinfo for those who want to see how the watts were spent.

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2026 January Masters Racing - MyWhoosh

Another month, another block of virtual racing in the books. This week wrapped up the January Masters racing series on @mywhoosh, and a clear lesson in the value of persistence. In a series like this, success isn't defined by a single night of glory, but by the ability to show up and repeat the effort week after week.

We finished the January series 7th overall. While it wasn't a trip to the podium this time around, the consistency across the month was the real takeaway. After a tough start in Week 1, racing outside our standard timezone, the following three weeks were about finding a rhythm and holding onto it.

The Racing Breakdown:

Week 1: A bit of a slow burn to start the year (52 points), placing 13th in a stacked field.

Week 2: The standout performance of the month with a strong 90 points, proving the legs were there. A close sprint with Gareth Lloyd and Vladimir Oslopovsky for 2nd, placing 3rd.

Week 3 & 4: Back-to-back 80-point efforts to seal a top-10 series finish. Placing 5th in each race with glimmers of potential. 

The "no race wins" trend continued this month for us, with the top three overall all snagged at least one maximum point score, and the top 6 all achieved at least a 2nd twice during the month. None of this is bad though because we managed three 2nds in our age group category for our events and a 2nd overall in our age group.

Results for the January block are available on @mywhooshinfo for those who want to see how the watts were spent.

January is done. Time to take the lessons from these four weeks, reset the motivation, and get ready for the next block.

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Jacks Ridge Summer Series – Round 3

The final round of the Summer Series was another warm day at Jacks Ridge, with plenty of talk beforehand about track conditions. As expected, it was fast and dry. It was always going to be a quick start followed by a steady race, where pacing, hydration and focus mattered.

The field was stacked with some seriously strong riders and the pace at the front was high from the gun. Thankfully our team-mates looked after us in the self-seeding bunch start and edged us forward early. We chased the front three for a lap, then settled into our own rhythm and focused on lap consistency. There were no issues with bike or body. Laps two through seven were all within a 30-second window, with lap one being the fastest and lap eight more of a cool-down. We finished 3rd on 8 laps.

3rd with a B&E burger

Supavest Team-mate Grant Hodgins rode a solid, consistent race to finish 4th, also completing 8 laps, four minutes back. He’s never far off the podium and backed up his good form from earlier rounds with another reliable ride.

Team-mate Russell Rankin put together a very good ride to take 2nd place, finishing on 7 laps. He rode smart and kept the pressure on throughout the race.

A highlight of the day was team-mate Michelle Newstead, who took 1st place in her category. She completed 7 laps, riding consistently and edging out the competition with steady pacing.

Overall it was a solid day for Supavest Racing, with podiums across multiple categories and everyone finishing strongly in tough summer conditions. A good way to wrap up the Summer Series.

Across the three rounds of the Summer Series, Simon Ballard topped the Solo 40-49 Men standings ahead of Tim Lee, with Grant Hodgins in third, we rounded out the top four. In the Solo 50-59 Men’s category Russell Rankin topped his category, and Michelle Newstead took out the Masters Women’s title with the highest points tally.

Results can be found here.

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2025 December Masters Racing - MyWhoosh

 Not a post we expected to do.

This week wrapped up the December Masters racing block on @mywhoosh , and with it another reminder that in this series is never about just one night. Masters racing is steady pressure, repeatability, and doing the work even when motivation is fighting festive food, late nights, and a calendar that insists on being busy.

We ended the December series 3rd overall. No race wins along the way—both 1st and 2nd overall managed that—but enough solid results stacked together to land on the podium anyway. It’s not the flashy way to get there, but it’s a satisfying one. Show up. Ride smart. Don’t implode. Repeat.

Each race was its own little problem to solve: when to push, when not to, how deep is too deep, and how long you can sit right on the edge before paying for it. Masters fields don’t gift anything, and every position is earned the hard way.

Results and numbers are all up on @mywhooshinfo for anyone who likes to dig into the data.

December done. Onward to the next block and challenge.

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Round 2 - Jacks Ridge Summer Series

Jacks Ridge hosted the second round of their Summer Series over the weekend. We missed the first round due to other commitments and we were really looking forward to getting back on the trails. Some mixed of weather conditions in the 48hrs prior to race start had a few riders questioning, but we know Jacks is a superbly well draining trail. Hero dirt conditions met the competitors on race morning. The near perfect morning enhanced the trail and pushed the riders to perform to their best.

A quality group riders were on the start-line and from the start gun everyone set off at at race-pace into the single-track.

The course was the usual manicured trails that Jacks Ridge is known for. Quality smooth flowing trail. It was an absolute blast to fly along the trails and it seemed everyone around us was having plenty of fun too.

Nearing the finish line midway through the event.

In the two or so hours of racing we rode with our Grafton team mates to begin with. They are no slouches and together we'd made a winning team of three this year at the Taree 6hr. A couple of solid efforts and we looked back to find they were no longer holding our wheel. A few more laps and we couldn't seem to bring back any other riders in front of us and it was time to settle in, at near to full effort, and crank out some laps.

Our SupaVest Racing team mates managed to snag a top spot in the Masters Womans and a top 3 in Super Masters Mens, Grant managed to place 5th just behind us in 4th for the day.

Results for Jacks Ridge Rnd 2 can be found here.

Jacks Ridge host their final round of the Summer Series in January, details on their Facebook and EntryBoss Page.

Thanks to our Supavest Racing Sponsors;

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