..at Castle Coombe last night, great buzz and loved it. A really friendly bunch beforehand, with tips and guidance (and help when I realised I had a puncture in the pits!!).

And then it started.

I wasn’t quite prepared for the frenetic pace of it – I stuck with it fine for the first 25 mins or so. The average was about 43kph and as I was nearer the back (to see how things worked) I seemed to end up having to accelerate lots out of corners and eventually got caught in the wind as it went round a corner…and then that was that.

I loved it though and will be back, hopefully further up the group to stay out of the wind and keep the speed running. Think/hope I’ve got the fitness and pace from fast club group rides to stay in the group. Time will tell…

Is this par for course in your first race??!

Is this par for course in your first race??!

yes, I believe so

… though my riding mate won his first (and 2 of his 1st 4) 😯

58 pages of it here…

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/so-i-want-to-try-road-racing-build-a-bike-specifically-for-this

🙂

Is this par for course in your first race??!

It can be.

..it went straight onto the bike forum

ah thank you ! I hadn’t seen that thread somehow.