Hi everyone,
Okay, so this was from last week, but i totally forgot to post it after writing it! (03/05)
Just had lovely day off after doing a team TT, individual TT and two 85km races with Sarah Storey dominating them all. I’m pretty shattered with it being some of the toughest racing I’ve done so far, but pleased with coming 4th Junior and 20th overall.
Sunday
Our team, ‘Wannabies’ (long story behind the name!) had an alright start to the TTT, until we hit the slight uphill drag, which resulted in plenty of shouting and ended up with only 3 out of 6 of us working together. And it wasn’t a nice day either; we had a strong headwind & rain for most of it, but we came in 6th, with my legs not feeling great after all those turns on the front!
I was in 30th now on GC and definitely wanted to be moving upwards! I tried to hold position in the 90 strong bunch in the next stage (80km RR), and ended up in the front group of about 25. But the wind was terrible, meaning the bunch was echeloned across the road, strung out & I wasn't too well positioned. Next minute though, I was off the back, not happy (you will not believe!) and having to time trial it for the next 14km to the finish, making sure I kept the time gap as small as possible & eating lots of jelly babies on the way :)
Monday
Time trial time again! After the poor end to yesterday, I was definitely up for it. 2 laps round the bowl at Millbrook car testing circuit coming in 15th and pretty happy with that.
Now the 85km race round Millbrook, with a couple of big climbs… sure to split the entire bunch up. After 4 laps of carnage, the bunch was split, about 25 of us remained, but up the next climb we split again, and I was in a bunch of 6 riders. We worked together for the remaining 6 laps and sprinted out the finish. Such a good circuit to race on though, & no cars, which was lovely! :)
Okay, so this was from last week, but i totally forgot to post it after writing it! (03/05)
Just had lovely day off after doing a team TT, individual TT and two 85km races with Sarah Storey dominating them all. I’m pretty shattered with it being some of the toughest racing I’ve done so far, but pleased with coming 4th Junior and 20th overall.
Sunday
Our team, ‘Wannabies’ (long story behind the name!) had an alright start to the TTT, until we hit the slight uphill drag, which resulted in plenty of shouting and ended up with only 3 out of 6 of us working together. And it wasn’t a nice day either; we had a strong headwind & rain for most of it, but we came in 6th, with my legs not feeling great after all those turns on the front!
I was in 30th now on GC and definitely wanted to be moving upwards! I tried to hold position in the 90 strong bunch in the next stage (80km RR), and ended up in the front group of about 25. But the wind was terrible, meaning the bunch was echeloned across the road, strung out & I wasn't too well positioned. Next minute though, I was off the back, not happy (you will not believe!) and having to time trial it for the next 14km to the finish, making sure I kept the time gap as small as possible & eating lots of jelly babies on the way :)
Monday
Time trial time again! After the poor end to yesterday, I was definitely up for it. 2 laps round the bowl at Millbrook car testing circuit coming in 15th and pretty happy with that.
Now the 85km race round Millbrook, with a couple of big climbs… sure to split the entire bunch up. After 4 laps of carnage, the bunch was split, about 25 of us remained, but up the next climb we split again, and I was in a bunch of 6 riders. We worked together for the remaining 6 laps and sprinted out the finish. Such a good circuit to race on though, & no cars, which was lovely! :)
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