I came whistling down the start/finish straight and literally went from the back of the bunch to the front by not braking. I rocked up behind Nath and settled in to the pack next to him.
Then past the clubhouse into the wind, he suddenly whooshes off at 600w (?) or so and vanishes up the hill.
With hindsight, I should have gone too- not to atttack but to pre-empt the bunch acceleration. But no, I went with them instead. Up the hill and through the S bends and that was me shelled out the back!!!
The bunch split too for a while. I didn’t just sit up and wait today- my friend was there watching/vlogging so I pressed on for a bit to show willing, which meant I wasn’t lapped for several laps.
I got back on and felt really comfy. Communicating, moving freely around and hanging quite well. I think it was 6 to go that the pace ramped up and I pinged out once more but I didn’t try too hard as I didn’t want to mess up anyone’s chances.
I TT’d for a bit and worked with a couple of guys but dropped both of them eventually.