Motions of a Snail

Just a quick post to explain the weekend as such team mates are pestering me as to whether I will be writing a blog or not on the race. As I also proposed a race report from my personal point of view on every race that I participate in. This week was a SERRL E,1,2,3 race on the undulating course which was marshalled very well by the organisers so a big thanks to them on that matter. Unfortunately I didn’t ride as well as i would have liked to but at the same time my result was of no surprise to myself due to my lack of speed fitness. The race started pretty quickly with some early attacks but it wasn’t until ex team rider and now Professional Tom Copeland had a dig until everything kicked off on the second time up the brutal climb. This left me in a congregation of rider just off touch of the main field which grew till at least 10 including Will Kemp and Tom Laker. The pace in this bunch was still high and I couldn’t hack it and dropped off. I finished the race somewhere in the 20’s (results only up to 20^th place) with a fair few riders pulling out including Elites and First cats. Looking on to next week’s race which is on a circuit I have performed well on and the race is only 2,3 and 4’s so I should be fit to go for a good place. This will be my last race before the National Junior Series begins. I also have another hard week of training on the menu with a lot of speed work. It’s only a matter of time before I am back to full race fitness like I was last season. I’m feeling fitter and faster by the session so I will look forward to transfer this into racing.