well, I turned up at Chertsey today to find only adam from ACC and Tim H. So one in each cat race. Anyway there was a head wind down the straight finishing drag so bunch in our race stayed together all the way and pace was often slow as no one willing to do lots of work, including myself
although i did my turn but wasn't going to do more than my share. Getting near to the last lap the speed picked but on the last lap I got some cramp in my upper left thigh in the hilly section and stopped pedalling for a little while and lost my positioning, the cramp seemed to die down so joined in the bunch sprint, managed about 12th according to Adam, who'd watched the race. Anyway 13 laps with no crashes in a 4th cat race at Chertsey!! field of around 50-60.
Wondering if the cramp was caused by lack of high level training and no racing for weeks thanks to Palace wash outs. Anyway I got the chance to try out my new speedplay X2 pedals and sidi shoes, much better than my old system, the speedplays are easy to engage and disengage and lots of float (which I like) and the sidis are really comfortable.
I don't know how adam and Tim did, I watched for a few laps, Adam lurking at the back (as I'd warned him about the head wind) tim tried a break away move but was back in the group next lap, but i think he was just testing the bunch.