Today I raced in the 3rd cat race at Thruxton Motor Circuit, a great track, with a great surface! Me and my club-mate Mike went for a gentle 20 mile warm up around the surrounding roads beforehand. We felt really well warmed up and ready to go. The race started slowly so I tried a couple of digs off the front, but not enough people came across and the break didn't stick, I also didn't want to use all my energy so early on.
The race soon sped up though and with almost 100 riders in the race, there were a couple of hairy moments through the fast chicane section of the course, however as a whole the race was pretty safe and there were no crashes.
One break did get away with about 5 laps to go and they hung out with a fair gap for quite a while, however they got reeled in with 1 lap to go and the race seemed destined to go down to a bunch sprint, and going into the final kilometre I found myself making inroads up the field and was soon sitting 5 back on the left hand side of the track, however as we got into the final mini chicane before the home straight, I lost my lead-out man and was left with a gap that I couldn't make up, so I couldn't get back to compete for the win. I kept sprinting though and managed to get up to around 20th place (unconfirmed).
Overall again, happy with my result and felt strong, I think we averaged over 25mph for the 30 miles, so it was all good speed training. Still getting stronger I think, so who knows what next week will bring!!
Ciao.
Man!! 25mph over 30miles?? That's well quick!! When do you get the confirmed results or dont you get to find out? Sounds good though mate!! Keep it up :) x
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty quick, flat though so not too tough. Results will be tomorrow or tuesday x
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