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Nice fine day, little wind, temp around 10 deg at the start, so a little cool. Field was down on numbers as most of the big boys were off racing elsewhere, but still a decent field. There was to be 2 laps of a 30km course, mainly flat to rolling, with a couple of short sharp hills. After winning C-grade last week I was expecting a toughish handicap, and was thus given 3 mins with limit off 20min. This was going to be my first real introduction to B-grade, so I was determined to stay with my bunch of 8. Not sure why but I could tell I was going to have a slow start, but get stronger as the race ticked on. Group was working well, but was caught a little too quickly by the 3 guys off scratch (apparently they were off 1min) before the first lap was off. The increase in pace hurt me, and I was struggling to come through for my turn.. Towards the end of the first lap I was in a bit of bother, just trying to hang onto the back, losing the wheel in front and just praying noone decided to push the pace up. Thankfully the pace eased up slightly for me to catch my breath. After sitting on for a few k's, my legs started to freshen up, and I had no problems rolling through. We started to pick up a few guys towards the middle of the lap, with the front group not too far ahead. Riders then started f#%in around, so out of frustration I rode off the front hoping a few guys would come with me and snap our group in half, but just resulted in me having to sit up. I tried again a few k's later after way too much foxing was going on, but once again I had to wait..sheesh you'd think they didn't want to catch the lead group who were now in sight a few k's from the finish. Someone from that lead group ended up holding us off by about 100m, so gotta make you wonder. The final couple of k's was a bit much for me, as I fell off the back. Oh yeah, the one guy on limit got caught with 2k's to go...thats gotta suck. Very happy with the way I rode, and for the first time I had the confidence that I might just be a legitimate B-grader. I just tend to be a bit erratic at times, and a little impatient Now it's time to put in a bit of decent training I guess! Distance 60km Av speed 38km/hr ess "about to get a whole lot faster "93 -- essendon93 |
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Oh come oooonn you've been a B Grader dor at least a month now Top stuff, I bet you'd be faster on a Cervelo, but that'll never happen! -- Jono L |
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Jono L Wrote: Oh come oooonn you've been a B Grader dor at least a month now Top stuff, I bet you'd be faster on a Cervelo, but that'll never happen! Yeah that'll be the day! Hmmm a few showers on Tue..hope it clears for tue torture -- essendon93 |
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