by PhilBixby
Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:51 pm
I was lucky this year to be one of the "chosen few" to ride the Seacroft Wheelers 3rds/4ths race, although I wasn't entirely convinced of my good fortune when I rolled out into subzero temperatures for the ride to Wistow. Thankfully the sky was blue and by the time the lead car led us off down the wrong road (bless!) it was chilly but otherwise pleasant - given the past few weeks weather it could have been much worse.
I settled into the front part of the bunch and tried to read the race a bit while TimJ and RichD positioned themselves up front. There were a few goes off the front but nothing stuck until about three to go, when a small group went swiftly up the road. Rich was splitting his time between trying to drift away with another rider and towing the bunch along, so with the brisk pace it wasn't until halfway round the final lap that a few riders managed to get a bit of a head start at the run-in to the finish. Legs complaining about the cold, and too many elbows for me in the sprint, so rolled over around twentieth with Tim in close formation. 24.5mph and 244W for me.
A chilly ride home followed by Tour of Flanders on the laptop, joining bacon and eggs on the kitchen table. Things don't get much better. How was it for everyone else, and our brave boys in the afternoon 2/3/4 race?
I settled into the front part of the bunch and tried to read the race a bit while TimJ and RichD positioned themselves up front. There were a few goes off the front but nothing stuck until about three to go, when a small group went swiftly up the road. Rich was splitting his time between trying to drift away with another rider and towing the bunch along, so with the brisk pace it wasn't until halfway round the final lap that a few riders managed to get a bit of a head start at the run-in to the finish. Legs complaining about the cold, and too many elbows for me in the sprint, so rolled over around twentieth with Tim in close formation. 24.5mph and 244W for me.
A chilly ride home followed by Tour of Flanders on the laptop, joining bacon and eggs on the kitchen table. Things don't get much better. How was it for everyone else, and our brave boys in the afternoon 2/3/4 race?