A small but extremely excitable field lined up for the A grade club criterium at Glenvale last Saturday. It was 40 minutes plus 2 laps. Things started off quite steady, but at 8 minutes in we were all handed bowls of anaerobic soup and as someone on Facebook put it 'a bomb got dropped in A grade'.
Here is what happened:
Darren Rolfe gave it a good surge up the finish line hill (a good one). I checked and saw he had created a gap already so gave it a big effort over the top. This sent four of us clear. I kept on going and then Darren put in another solid turn. This put Darren and myself clear on our own with 32 minutes to go. Oh dear...
Darren can ride a time trial (yes he can) and that's pretty much what he did. He was sitting on the front for the entire lap, with the exception of the finish line hill. I was trying to smash myself up there each lap to keep us clear. This 'system' worked pretty well and we ended up with a good gap some (very long) 32 minutes and 2 laps later.
I was shattered by the end and Darren surged away from me on the last lap to win, giving me second place.
I'm pretty happy with this ride. I have been struggling to find form and today indicated that my top end is starting to go okay at least:
