On arrival in Redruth the racing was already in full swing with the kids races so we quickly registered and then got out to checkout the course and watch the youth race.
The course looked pretty good, although not very technical....it was mostly long straights over four terraced levels with the bottom two levels connected via several sets of stairs to run up and a fairly steep slope connecting the top level.
The youth race was fast paced with Will Kelly dominating and never looking under threat, leading from start to finish!
Time for my race, got a great start and led the field out for the first quarter of a lap but then struggled for power on the very long straights so lost a few places with the more powerful senior riders cruising right by.
Settled into a good race pace and was riding my xc bike well but being pretty small I found running up the long flights of steps each time took a huge amount of energy and required quite a large recovery which made the following part of the lap slow going :(
Dug deep and kept at it and took the Junior win (and another 50 points for the series) and got 8th place in Senior so another good result :) Well done to Matt Zietz for a great win and thanks to VeloCake for another good days racing. As usual, BC Race results and write up can be found here
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| Leading out at the start... |
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| Trying very hard to keep Matt Noble in sight... |
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| Riding the steep slippery slope to the upper field |