The club race certainly cleared my lungs out, and I had to go and lie down when I got home ! This Saturday I did the club run, and on the home run, I got my heart rate upto 189, a season's best ! Frankly, I've hardly been on my bike this year. My weight has gone up from 72kg three years ago, when I was racing at Hillingdon, and is now 77kg. My bike must be a good 500 gms lighter - but I still make that 4.5 kg disadvantage. My weekly miles, including the odd club run, have gone down to an optimistic 20 miles, vs 100 - 200 when I was racing.
My racing stories of 'what could have been' have fallen from the hundreds to just really keeping quite when it gets dished out. Huw told me he had planned to put me in my own race at Hillingdon, a 'C' race, and you know I really couldn't argue with that ! In fact, I was kinda hoping thats what he would do !
But after seeing how Uncle Keith brought back some magic to Hillingdon, I decided its time for a come back. Yes, another one
I bought a half price race licence yesterday, and I plan to target a couple of Saturdays to achieve a long standing goal of getting myself a 3rd cat licence before the club dinner !
Come on, someones got to keep the dying art of wheel sucking alive !
So Ill be shedding a few pounds, getting in some training, and see you fellow ACCers out there on the first Sat in December.
Good news to hear to Marek and Toks are joining us for next year...I think there's space for them in the ACC just for fun group guys, what do you think
So instead of actual training I'm going to do a 5 minute visualisation exercise that involves Kasper and Graham giving me a good lead out until the last bend, where I unleash my 'peaking in winter' sprint at around 400 watts... and raise my hands in the air to take first place ... now where was I, ah yes, the rest of that wine... 
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