The first of the Thetford winter series races was a wet one. We had heavy rain just before the start, and there were strong winds around as well. Only James and I were there for the Revel Outdoors team - Neil off riding 100 miles on the road at the Exmoor Beast, and other riders either taking time off or avoiding the mud! The course was non-technical but had plenty of climbs in it, and as the day wore on the tracks became more slippery and slow, making for hard work at the end. I rode with a small group for the first lap, but after that spent the rest of the race on my own in about 7th place. Right at the end I saw 6th place up ahead and tried to chase him down, but instead was overtaken by a flying Chelmer cyclist, to finish 8th. James came in a few minutes later in 20th.
We’ve been spoilt over the summer with such dry races – it was quite a shock to have to trawl through mud again, and go through all the post-race cleaning…
As usual, my Garmin 305 was recording all the race data.