My results were fair.

Race one. 2nd (personal best). A guy who broke away and won this race won 4 out of the 5 races for the day. I wasn’t going to catch him but I tried and I made ground on him. I made my big break away with about 600m to go and the rest of the pack were quite far back. I think I went too hard though.


Race two: Don’t know my position but I’d spent all my energy in race one and was happy to finish and collect a point near the tail and play it safe. This race sent my overall position from 2nd to 3rd place. As I crossed the finish line two guys had crashed in the sprint; one guy looked half dead and we had to wait for an ambulance to cart him away. I also noticed his fork had snapped in half on one side.
There were about 3 ambulance calls within 30 minutes and delays meant that a race would be cut from the days schedule.
The team mates of the yellow cap wearer had their eye on me as they protected their leader. Would be nice to have drones, I guess.

Race 3. The wind had picked up a bit, I’d had a long break and lunch and felt great. I decided to switch to my training bike which is heavier and the wheels carve through the wind a bit better. The down hills were where the wind was strongest so extra weight helped me (I think). After 40m into this race I felt so fresh I decided to see what would happen if I made a break away. I soon found out. I sprinted away and looked back and nobody was following me. I led for a lap but knew I was kidding myself and let them catch me again. I finished near the end of the peleton and picked up another bonus point for competing.
I now slipped from 3rd to 4th place overall. Breaking away was fun and I was hoping to break up the field, scare the yellow cap wearer and just to see what would happen. A disaster but was fun to pretend for a bit.

Race 4. I was energy depleted so just tried to stay with the pack. I managed to accomplish that and finished in the group but still not good enough to get more than the 1 point. I dropped to 8th position overall. I’d need a 2nd place finish now to be in contention for a podium result. ( I was almost ready to call it a day as the wind was picking up again).

Race 5. The wind was strong and the other fat guy (besides myself) that I was using as a shield didn’t ride hard enough and I got dropped again. One more bonus point. (Phil, tell me I wasn’t as fat as that guy please…).

Held my 8th position overall and didn’t feel too bad.
Only regret was not putting any fresh air in my 2nd bike. The front wheel felt very soft at the end of the day. (don’t think I had the gas anyway to have made some extra points).

My new Gold bar tape helped in race one but it’s magic powers disappeared after that. (and I didn’t get around to shaving my legs either).

A good day of training….

1st time for me to finish every race in the day at this event. First time to finish better than 3rd place in a race. My sore leg muscles held together with no noticeable strains….

time for a hot bath. (will upload some pics later tonight).
The rest of my team did ok.
4th & 8th in A grade.
4th in B Grade.
8th in C Grade.