SALFORD CC 25 - CHESHIRE - 25th June 2022

 7TH OVERALL ; 1ST STANDARD; 2nd VET

Bit of a cockup weekend. Plan was for Angela to do the National CTT 50m Champs on Teeside and stay with me, while I hopped across the big 'ill to do this race...but the best laid plans and all that....Angela stayed darn surf, unable to ride...so I popped over and did this again...a rural course, can be busy with traffic...and did get held up twice on the first lap. Good news, although defo not 100% mojo, my 5 mile splits were bizarrely identical at 325w (329 NP) so not bad....finished 7th,  1st on standard and 2nd vet...a tad down on the top 5 I wanted, and am capable of....but progress, and another race done!

Went straight down to that London after, to say with old (and old) Uni best pal, Gaston - main reason for Chilli Peppers gig at the Olympic Stadium...bit of well earned R&R! 🍻

HARWORTH 9.3 - RANSKILL NOTTS - 14th June 2022

 1st OVERALL

Simply needing more races, physical fitness is there, just need that race fitness and the mental strength that will develop. So, back to my favourite mid week "Club 10" in my training vicinity. Smashed out a course PB of 19-50, won too...although not important...power down though on last time, but could be a battery issue....but again felt pretty strong again, and better than Saturday. Small steps....

WITHAM 10 - SLEAFORD LINC - 11th June 2022

 2nd EQUAL OVERALL; FIRST STANDARD

After nearly two hot weeks in Mallorca with Angela, returned to this low key 10, with the boys in the club. Felt like a very first race again, was in pain by half way, and last mile was tortuous....not sure how I finished...however, on returning to the HQ, discovered I was 2nd equal with Mr Guilor, and Stuart (Wells) from the team won...really surprised. And with Tony (Nash) we won the team prize too. However the body has to really get back to race fitness...just tooo painful!