Wednesday, September 5, 2012

quick start to Sep> tember

The racing keeps rolling on.

For some reason unknown to me the legs are good and the head space is nearly the same.

1st of September kermesse action in Zutendaal, I liked the circuit but a break of 7 clipped off and they worked really well together so the chase group never closed the gap below 40 sec
Which was really gutting because i did a lot of donkey work to try and pull back the move. In the last lap, I got away with 1 other guy. and I just rode hoping that the guys behind were mucking about but a couple snuck past on the last little uphill sprint . In the end I got 4th from the group to take 11th.
I was pleased with how I felt and was good to 'open it up' for the whole race and not crack.
#training

The next day I was going to rest up but Ed convinced me to come to Germany to race. So i did and ended up 3rd in a hard up hill kick....
http://www.marcopolocyclingteam.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=609&Itemid=1


Doing the triple day challenge, I raced again 15km down the road in Born, it was a 85km Crit. (18.15 start)
I didnt really know what to expect. But once Chris and I rolled around the lap with the music pumping we liked it.
It was really 'techy' with a lot of consecutive corners. Then a up hill drag and a downhill finish drag.

Chris and I got stuck in from the get go, I took 3 primes and was in a couple of dangerous moves and Chris also. But with 2 laps togo a group of 3 went clear and the bunch sat up. I went across and was setting up for the win. But with 500m to go the bunch was back up to us. I found Chris on the last straight but he was pretty cooked.
It was unlucky but I got 7th and Chris held on for 9th.
Good evenings work.

Cheers
Kieran


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