Recent racing

Goodwood 7/6/11 E/1/2: 2nd

With Smithfield nocturne the big focus of the week, I was very keen to take it easy while getting a my racing head on.  Spent the race trying to do as little as possible and make other people do the hard work: not easy in massive winds.  Got in a break of 5, all going well, apart from my positioning in the wind at times as I was regularly and constructively reminded (still plenty to learn), but the main problem is every time I tried to use my drinks bottle, the lid kept coming off so I ended up drinking very little.  Neave and Calland went of the front leaving me with the Macnamara brothers who both at the same time turned round at me and gave me the same "chase that down will you Will, thanks" look.  They generously let me jump away and I caught the other two.  Finished 2nd after legs cramped up in sprint and rolled through to pick up 2nd.  Frustrating but will take the podium place.

Portsmouth 8/6/11 E/1/2: 3rd

Showed my blond side last night.  Second time down at Portsmouth and although legs were feeling good, missed out on the win.  Put 2 laps into the field but then let 2 guys open up the sprint with a lap to go, just like last time and I let them take the win.  On such a small course with a bend with a narrow radius in the final corner, a lot of speed is required to come round the over the top and win from 2nd or 3rd wheel.  I again suffered a bit from dehydration and linked to that me being a bit soft.  Waved goodbye to a win.

Smithfield 11/6/11 2/3: DNF

How not to race.  Was shivering on the startline after waiting 20mins for some corporate relays to finish.  Guess the old blokes racing round individually was funding our event.  Lack of organisation at the start meant that the warm up lap went at full speed with no leading car.  Scrum for the start but then was feeling rough after trying to get going again after the cold.  Hit the bike of someone who had crashed and end up all over the road.  Part of road racing.  A lot of road rash but no other injuries.  Not keen to race in this event next year.  Thanks to Pete, James and Liam at In gear for putting my bike back together!
Training going well since and all patched up.  Big big thanks to Mum, Dad, Emily and Andrew for their amazing support recently.  My family are incredible. 

Barcombe this weekend, almost picked up 1st cat and then keen to look at higher profile races and to get onto bigger teams.