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Following on from last week's 2nd place for Adam Swan in the 4th cat only race and a string of top results for Mitchy and Barron in the E123s, I do believe we have some more good news. Elaborate please, chaps...
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Returned to Velo Park today for the 4th Cat race. Another wet day and executed exact same race plan as last week... That resulted in my first win and moved me up to 3rd Cat. Very pleased with result as have just finished a very solid 12 weeks training and has confirmed that my 5am dates with the turbo are working.
More importantly, after a fair bit of encouragement from me, Lil completed her first race. She was superb. It was an E1234 race with one elite in the field. Lil worked like a workhorse to try to reel back the elite rider from her solo breakaway. In the end, her efforts were not quite enough and she crossed the finish line third behind another lady who had sat on her wheel for 60mins. A great intro to racing and she's very keen to get her revenge....
Velo Park is a great facility and only a 70 minute drive away if anyone else fancies it?
Janet - if you were trying to keep it quiet, I'm sorry, but the rest of us want to celebrate! And if I'm already out of date and you've got more good news to share, please do
Janet, likewise and make sure to tell us of your successes. Jenny? sounds right up your street.
Myself & Gareth took part in our first crit on 12th Dec after a lot of badgering/encouragement from Barron! We were pretty nervous before the start but Mitchy helped us by giving us a few pointers.
It was tough and a windy day especially into the finishing straight, which made it tough going. The Elite shot off in the first lap and I was advised not to chase her, so settled into racing the other girls. It was a bit uneventful for the rest of the race, but probably did too much work on the front into the wind and I was pipped for second but was really pleased with a 3rd place. Gareth also got a point for finishing 9th with no training since he finished his charity ride in November.
I followed this up a week later with a 4th place, but was a completely different race where everyone went off the gun and 3 girls worked together.
Well done Lillie for Saturday, great result!! Hopefully I'll see you down there soon :-)
Lil was once again unbelievable. Second place which she is annoyed with!! (So competitive). Her race came down to a sprint finish which she was leading, but with her head down she rode into the back of the men's race and was held up. That allowed the 1st Cat woman to sneak past her on the outside for the win. Again lessons learnt and we will both be back next week for more.
Was quite possibly the hardest hour I've ever had on a bike so far but so much fun. Would be great to have some more blue shirts there if anyone fancies it..??
I'm up for the Winter Crits that start in April....
Myself & Janet hope to be down there soon after I recover from my health issues but won't be until March/April.
Hopefully you and your Dad will also do some time trials later
Peter
(Ex BYFC)