Charlotteville CC Handicap RR
I entered this race with team mate, John Woyton. John has the talent/problem which means he is the strongest in every race he enters but can never finish his dinner! So frustrating for him but he does extremely well in races but he is so unfortunate that it never amounts to anything.
We trek all the way over into Surrey for what turns out to be a hugely popular race. I think around 75 racers turned up.
The handicap was pretty sketchy I'm not sure how it worked out but it was a good race for training nonetheless with 3 minutes between Johns lot and mine. John was sixth and got placed 8th, and I was the only one to make the gap and pretty sure I finished within the top 20 but some how got placed 65th. Highly unlikely. Bit of a trek for decent training session, one not to be made again though mind you.
IXWORTH CRITS 6TH MAY
First Crit race ever, this should be interesting.
Having never raced a crit before I had a very small idea what it was about which proved extremely valuable.
Some really harsh intervals helped with the lead up to this race with some stupidly early morning starts to race around Rayleigh High street with no traffic to worry about for some cornering and sprinting efforts.
With a full team from Rayliegh, Sigma, Node4 this was going to be an extremely fast race. And it was.
The first race was manic but I stayed upright with team mate Josh Green. However Snow didn't finish the race was a bit fast starting for him and Dan Young crashed into the barriers knocking himself out and breaking his collarbone. Ouch!!
Young Harry Paine from the Club also raced and was taking his time in getting into a rhythm. He found a good pace and became confident with cornering however he also became a cropper and come off pretty bad, resulting in some road rash and a hole in his elbow which required stitches. Some good scabs to pick ;)
Bryony also raced and came second. She had a fantastic race considering.
On one the laps she had a bit of a skid and her rear wheel popped out which span her out and some how stayed on the bike but getting a minging tire burn on her shin which made mine sting just looking at it after the race. The only bad thing is....after the days racing when she got home she realised one of her seat stays had actually cracked. expensive. All sorted now though :)
After our performance in the first race, Josh (15th) and myself (10th) got the invite into the Invitation A race. An event which would be far faster and hectic.
Josh and I hung on for dear life dodging crashes and helping each other back on if one of us drifted off the back. Coming into the last five laps there was a break that got away and I wanted to see if I could bridge the gap. few attempts but nothing strong enough until a Rayliegh Rider went off and i was perfectly placed to jump on his wheel after 3/4 a lap he eased of and I carried on pressing for the last lap. Resulting in 10th place again. A placing that I am extremely pleased with. and Josh rolling in 15th I think again.
Good day for some, not for others though unfortunately.
Photo to follow for this one. :)
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