PTW

I am sure the rest of the club will join me in wishing Curtis all the best for the event ,this coming Sunday . Details on the b.c. website

All the best Curtis. HAve a good un mate.

Yep - good luck Curtis!

Looking at the forcast for today, it was supposed to be a wash out, But luckily the rain held off.
98 riders were on the startlist, But at the start, there appeared to only being a maximum off 60, ( maybe the forecast put some of them off).
Compared to the last junior road race i did, I found myself half way up the field in the opening miles, so it looked like a big improvement was on the cards for me.
Disappointingly I was caught up in a crash going downhill in the opening ten miles. my helmet took the brunt of the force, But a bit of good judgement saw me on a grass verge with a lot of gravel on it, which left me with a lot of grass stains and a bruised foot and pulled groin, ( which affected me a lot, out of the saddle ).
I got up immediately and saw that the bunch had at least 300m on me. the other guys in the crash weren't getting up. so it meant a hard chase by myself.
I did get back on, just before they decided that they were going to start attacking.
On such a demanding course, i knew any chance i had of hanging on was gone.
i still managed to get up all the climbs though for the next 20 or so miles, ( in the saddle) before getting shot out, on a day where it just wasnt to be.

I didn't fancy the 40 mile ride on my own as i was already in a bit of pain, so i hopped in the broom wagon, and had a nice lift back to HQ.

All in all, i'm happy with my performance, because i know they was so much improvement on the last one that i done.
And was quite relieved I didnt sustain more injuries by crashing at 30mph.

Curtis.

Well done Curtis good write up and well done for getting stuck in!

Just been reading about it on the BC website and I think I can spot you in the grass to the right of this picture! How the hell people ended up over there is beyond me!