Just got back from the Circuit Race. I was pleasantly surprised, mostly due to the fairly easy tempo on most of the circuit allowing me to save some for the climb towards the cork-screw. I almost fell off the pace couple of times, but was able to claw myself in just before the descent and then carry my speed down the corkscrew and into the next two turns. It was quite a rush to hit 50mph w/o even turning a pedal. Race was 90 minutes, 14 laps and one formula: save everything for the climb, get your ass out of the seat and sprint up the hill. That pretty much repeated for the next 13 laps and there were no real attacks to speak off. One rider was off the front on his own for about 8 laps and won the race. Nob big teams around so no real impetus to chase. Works for me!
The final sprint came with about 400m to go as I was moving through the field, there was a crash off to my right and then I passed a group of rider which seemed to have ‘sat-up’ just before the line. I crossed the line 12th out of 49 starters. Time to eat, drink and be merry and see where tomorrow takes us. RR starts at 8:30 manana.
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