MILES WATSON

Objective

Presently I have been competing successfully at national and international level competition. Recently I Won the Intrigue 70km MTB Epic one of New Zealand’s most gruelling MTB events and placed 4^th in the U/23 National Road Race, 5^th U/23 category in the tour of southland and 25^th in Overall G.C. Last year I was 7th overall and 2nd^th U/20 home in the around Taupo race, in a time of 3.59 hours, I improved on this again this year, where I completed the race in a time of 3:52. I won the U17 National series title, and this year placed second in the under 2ⁿ U/23 Expert Junior Men’s class. I had recently been selected to ride at Oceania Road Games in Wanganui in December just past. I have just recently won Top Overall Student in My Sport Studies class at the Waikato Institute of Technology.

• This year I will be travelling to Europe to race in either the New Zealand U/23 Men’s road development team based in France, or finding a team to ride for my self.

• My long term goal is to compete in the Commonwealth and Olympic Games prior to becoming a full time professional cyclist. I ride for Hamilton City Cycling Club and enjoy participating in fun rides and club events, as well as riding both road and MTB as part of teams in multi sport events which add variety and pleasure in my training programme.