The field was down to just 40 odd riders this week for the 50 minute race; and the weather was the lovely summery kind that we've been craving since June. On lap one there was a large explosion right in front of me that scared half of the bunch to death.
It was my front tyre - a complete blow out. The inner tube had been ripped to shreds. I hobbled back to the start line taking short cuts across the freshly laid soil sorounding the track. Good old Tim Harris (remember him, should be back next year 
) offered me his front wheel and a lap later I was back in the bunch. We were only ten minutes in and there were a group of four about 30 metres in front of the bunch. I cranked up the watts into the head wind section and a less than a minute later I was at the front urging them all to put some work in. Two laps later we had a tentative 25 second gap and with fifteen minutes to go we had a minute. A top five place was definitley assured; the issue was how to make sure I got the lowest number. [quote="Toks"]Once again the breakaway conundrum presented itself. Do I (A) light things up pursuit style on the last lap? (B) [color=#000080]attack a few times and try to drop em or [/color](C)chance it in the sprint.
Hence Hog Hill is doubtful on the Saturday. Interestingly enough Hillingdon is only a few miles up the road and there's more chance of me getting the remaining points for 2nd catdom. 
