When I was 26, I would jokingly refer to my bike as the CWM (Cross Wind Missile). I'm not 26 anymore...

About Me

My name is Dean Russell and I raced road bikes and some track endurance in the 1990s. I stopped racing in 1999 when I was 26. After almost thirteen years of being a lazy slug I decided to put my sorry backside onto a bike seat and have another crack at racing. This blog chronicles my journey from being completely unfit and overweight to becoming one of the oldest Elite A grade riders in Queensland...and then slipping nicely back into Masters racing.

Sunday 15 April 2012

A Solid Club Race

Lined up in the Toowoomba B Grade Criterium today. This was actually my first race for two months which is obviously not good. It was 40 minutes plus 2 laps. I stayed very quiet for the first 25 minutes. A younger rider (who had been very aggressive) was about 10 seconds off the front so I decided to jump across to him by myself. We were away for about 2 laps, when a chase group of 5 joined us. We stayed like that until the finish and I ended up 5th. I had absolutely NOTHING in my legs for the sprint, which I think is a symptom of my lack of racing. Overall though, there was a lot positive to take out of this race. 

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