16 turned up tonight which is a record. Fine weather and Hitachinaka brought them all out of the woodwork. Almost everybody with their race deep rimmed wheels. (me included).
I also dropped my handle bars down to the lowest possible position tonight. (Raised the seat a centimeter yesterday). This seemed to help with the cornering but may be putting a bit of extra strain on the calf muscles.

I tried to have a go on the first sprint and managed a 3rd place. After that it was hard to get near the front. The sprints were starting over 200 or 300m out and that was too far for me. For the rest of the night I worked on drafting and spinning. I also took a few big pulls and made a false break away just to see how unfit I was.

The police had a good look at us tonight and didn’t say anything. At first as we entered the ‘no bicycles allowed’ tunnel. Then later there were two more hiding behind the post office on there scooters who watched us go left on a red light. 16 riders must have been too much for them to handle at once. We are probably scarier than the bosozoku.

A bot tired from last night’s run but glad I had another 46km under the belt before Sunday. Will probably have a light spin on Friday night as well.