Eelmore, 21st April

My first time back at Eelmore for a year or so for the Wednesday night Cycle Kingdom crit run by VC Meudon. Average speed 24.5mph. I hung around at the back of the bunch the whole race – big mistake! Accelerations out of each corner wore the bunch down (we lost a rider each lap on average off the back) and I found it really hard to move up. In the end I treated the race as a sort of sprint interval training session, didn’t get dropped and cruised over the line near the back. A good workout, but nothing more. If I go back again this week I’m sticking near the front – it is so much easier when you don’t have to scrub all your speed off going into the corners.

Then again, I may try Palace on Tuesday instead...