This long weekend I am doing two races in Wolvertem and area. The first was on Saturday and today we race again in Nerom.
Saturday's race went relatively well. I felt good the entire race, but in the end the high speeds didn't favor a breakaway and for the first time this year the race ended in a true sprint for the top spot. With an average speed of just over 45km/hr I knew it was going to be a fast sprint. And with the final 2 km including a roundabout, three tight corners and a decent to the finish position was vital from a long way out. I know that I am probably sounding like a broken record by now, but I got unlucky in the last couple of corners, was not aggressive enough in the final corner about 200m out from the finish where the riders just in front of me went into the corner 6 wide touching shoulders and banging handlebars, and I finished 41st... 41 of 108, nothing to be proud of, but I did make a bit of cash from a fast day spent primarily in the bunch.
I am working on some more interesting content than this endless stream of race reports for the near future. I am here to race after all and the good thing is that racing 3 times per week seems to be working well. I feel like I may have lost some top end fitness over the winter with the increase in my overall training hours, but I think the added volume is aiding my recovery and allowing me to cope with more racing.
Now its off to eat some spaghetti with brown sugar and spin over to Wolvertem-Nerom for another 120km of action packed circuit racing. It is a holiday today so the fans should be out in force. Nerom is a nice circuit, I did well there last year so lets hope I can finally pull off that top 20...
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