Did another road race tonight in Milton Keynes, The weather was not great at 18:00 very overcast with the threat of rain, with the race due to start at 19:00 it looked like we were in for a wet one. Anyway we started doing a few warm up laps and it actually got a bit brighter, so the race was on. Started quite quickly and a managed to stay with the fast guys,I was almost dropped a couple of time but dragged my way back in.
This went on for about 25 minutes before they opened the gates to use the exterior circuit, this is when the pain starts. There are a few tight corners and it all starts to string out. accelerating at full gas out of the corners is hard work and slowly but surely grinds you down.
After 40 minutes I could no longer hold the pace and was well and truly dropped, I did a couple of really slow laps waiting for the pack to come back round and then jumped back in. This time I held on for a few laps before getting cramp in my left calf and decided that was it for the evening so just coasted round for a couples of laps till the end.
Overall not too bad, managed 20 miles in 58 minutes. What I really need is some race craft so I can spot the moves and not blow up too early. Still always gives me something to aim for.
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