I was pretty excited about todays race, although a little nervous too mostly because of the really good field of riders, especially with all the Horizon girls out! It was properly sunny too, definitely tanning weather :)
We started the race with 5 laps behind the motorbike, and after being told not to attack during these laps we presumed it'd be steady ish too. BUT NO, i almost died on the first 5 laps, they were the most painful of the whole race!
The circuit was interesting though, half downhill half uphill, so it turned out to be a really tough and the pace never dropped either. As the pace was pretty high there were a few little attacks ( i think ) so the bunch kept splitting occasionally, but then coming back together again and ended up closing a couple of these gaps, not the best position to be in!
Anyway with not long left to go, Hannah Barnes attacked and then after she was pulled back Dani King countered it, leaving the bunch and going for the solo win. But we didn't give up too easily, a few of us tried to bridge but it was looking impossible.
With two to go, i'd managed to slip back through the group and it wasn't looking good for the finish. I decided the best thing to do was to move right up and have a go at an attack, although it failed it got me in a good position for the finish ( me not being much of a sprinter) and i came 11th :) and hopfully won some money, because it was mega painful!
Anyway i've now finished ALL my exams now!! and i'm off to London for the Smithfield Nocturne tomorrow which should be fun :)
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