Nearly Time...

First things first...Eelmore again. There's been no chance of any Palace action for the past two weeks due to the installation and subsequent removal of safety barriers for the motor racing. Apparently the safety barriers have raised health and safety issues!

So I made the effort to get out to Eelmore with a different aim in mind - I just wanted a good workout prior to a few days of solid riding (more of that later) so decided to stay at the back of the bunch and do sprint intervals. Eelmore at the back of the bunch as a workout is pretty good - a 10 second sprint every minute or so, repeat x 50. JamesD (fellow 'Mo) did well and bagged around 5th in the sprint. There was some very dodgy handling, a young WindyMilla guy lost it on the top corner and crashed, and another guy nearly lost it at the same point on the final lap. The average pace was 24.5mph for the hour, but average speed at a crit never tells the whole story.

I was glad to finish the race unscathed as I'm off to Megeve with the club for four days of riding, including the Time-Megeve sportive. We've got a few different routes planned for the off days, dependent upon time and legs, so hope to bag quite a few cols and rack up the miles.

If I remember to take some pictures I'll post them here with a ride report in a week or so.