Held at Buckwallon cycling centre, similar to all the other cycling areas, privately owned and operated. 10 bucks gets you a day pass. I managed to get there early today and did a practice lap. The course was short, so we would race 2 laps. This place was different to all the others, as it had some balls! There where rocks the size of cars in the course, you rode up the side of them, lauched off them and picked your line very carefully. A tornado had gone through the day before, while they didn't get the wind, they received a bucket load of rain. Sections of the track were extremely wet, add the numerous off camber rooty sections and we had a super hard, technical course, I loved it.
The start was hectic, they called the top 10 to the line, so I lucked out there, and by the time I made it near the front the leader was well up the track. It took the whole lap to catch him, again I was glued to his wheel, and yet again he made a slight error and I went around and put on the gas and never looked back. Ok I looked back once, saw I had a gap and settled into a comfortable tempo, eventually winning by a good minute.
So that's it, I am hanging the bike up for a couple of weeks, time for a rest, then rebuild for the worlds,
with the help of FTP training. I think the next race is Huw's
Three Ring Circus.
I am heading down to the
Summer Soltice 24hr for the weekend, to set up the
AYUP Expo, and enjoy the race from the comfort of a chair, with a Canadian beer in hand, ey!
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