See you on Sat – I’m getting way more excited than a grown man should 😳 ! Your gridded nice and near the front (start lists HERE). I’m right at the back 😥 Really wish I’d bought a race license last year to have a better placing as I always seem to end up finishing about where I start. I was hoping having a few points from the first welsh round would help my gridding but hey ho.
Although i guess its safer being the one trying to do the mowing down rather than having over-frothing incompetants snorting behind you 😆
Having never been gridded before, I’m not sure whether the best tactic is to try and make up places in the intial sprint (and if thats even possible starting right at the back) or just hold ground and then make up places in subsequent laps as the race goes on.
I did open at the fforest fields one last year and really enjoyed there being a bit more of a buzz, mildly nervous about doing sport and the increased speed and frothing though.
I’ve been riding at Pembrey a bit over easter. Make sure you do a practise lap and have a look at the a-lines – one of them (far end) is very difficult to my technically deficient mind (theres a pic on my strava but it doesnt convey the steepness).
My goal is to get in the top 30 and get a point to try and help my gridding for the Fforest fields round – fingers crossed.
