15th April - Eagle Road Race

Nick Cramer reports on his latest road race, which took place around Great Chesterford.
This 62miler was the toughest race I have done to date. It consisted of 6 hilly laps, including a big, two-stage hill, complete with a strong northerly wind.
I spent most of the time playing "catch up" since I could keep up on the climb but could not do much else once I had got to the top. On the descent I took big chances to catch the rest of the pack - and this happened every lap. With about three kilometres to go I went for it and no one followed! Behind me there was a gap of a couple of hundred meters but then I hit the hill!  With the one kilometre to go sign I had, for a split second, delusions of grandeur. Then I looked back to see the pack right behind me! I rolled over the line 18th out of 60, which is my best result to date.