The Heffon Park Report from a first timer
As it was the first time I have entered a crit race and at Heffron I thought I'd write a small report on how I went. As I got there they wanted to put me straight into C grade but I managed to get myself into D grade. There was a massive head wind especially on the home straight which made it quite difficult finishing. Anyway we started off and I quickly positioned myself near the front and sat comfortably for the first 3 laps. I felt strong and I ended up at the front for the next 7 laps or so doing most of the work in the head wind. Nobody really wanted to break away so on the last lap I decided to up the tempo in which the bunch stayed with me until the back part of the course 3 or 4 riders took off and by that stage I didn't have the legs to stay on their wheel so falling behind I ended up finishing 6th with a time of 51 min for 12 laps at an average of 30km/hr. I was happy with my effort considering it was my first time.
- Michael Chidgey
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- Joined: 07 Jan 2009, 08:58
yeah it was blowing a gale on Sat. The C grade sprint started at the last corner and stopped 100m later to restart 200m from the line.Good report Manny you enjoyed it - also in D grade the peleton is smaller than other grades and i think we tend to do more work in D...that must have been one hell of a stherly
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