First circuit race at landow

[mark_b]

Today was my first race day as a cat 4 rider. i had 3 races two were cat 3+4 together and one was cat 4 only , the first race was cat 3+4 and was very fast i found myself hanging onto the back of the bunch(70+ riders) struggling to keep up i managed to finish the race in the bunch which to for my first attempt was not bad ,

the next race was 4th cat only ,i managed too stay in the middle of the bunch(30+riders) until the bell went for the last lap 1/4 of the way through the lap i managed to sprint my way to the front where i lead all the way to the finish straight and had a sprint finish i ended up finishing 4th, it was awesome

the last race was 3+4 again i managed to stay in the bunch again and ended up coming about 20th out of about 70+ riders.

i ended the day coming 5th overall out of the 4th cat riders which i think will get me 6 points on my b-c liscence i think i need 10 too become a cat 3

[butcherboy]

Well done Mark. Brilliant effort.

[ValleyMan]

Ditto. You will be wanting a free Dynamo’s shirt next, or perhaps sponsorships from a well known local butcher?

[Roger]

Very impressive..good to have positive experience first outing..no doubt you’ll go for strength to strength

congratulations

[Morganite]

Perhaps this is what we should all sign up for at least their are no bloody hills 😆

[ValleyMan]

4 laps of a 1.5km flat circuit. Would suit Sweaty to a tee!

[ValleyMan]

[Sweaty Eds]

That’s my sort of cycling. Sounds like heaven!!!

Mind you, don’t know how heavenly an average speed of nearly 30mph would be. How many categories are there? Perhaps I could be broken in nice and gentle in a category 20 or something. Don’t be misled by my burst of speed on the road out of Tonypandy, that was not athletic prowess but fear, pure fear.

[mark_b]

cat 4,3,2,1 and elite . was really good fun average speed was between 26+28 mph a lap its not too bad as long as you stay with the pack if you drop out the back thats the end of the race well worth a go, pembrey have a circuit night on the 2nd tuesday in june and every tuesday after for 8 weeks pop along and watch see if its your thing

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