Cannock Chase Winter Classic

   Today's race went relatively well considering that a couple of days ago I had said I didn't feel like racing due to a bit of a bug. The first lap was a bit manic as the start line was saturated with fast Elite and Junior racers hidden in a sea of slower enthusiast riders. It didn't take long to separate out however and soon I was chasing the lead group. Unfortunately I dropped a chain about halfway round and this left me to catch up to a small bunch of Juniors. Going into Lap 2 I had caught up and even managed to put some time back in, I now had to bridge back to the next rider. By Lap 3 I had caught him, although the pace now fell as the hills turned to steep slogs in the rain, this didn't stop us from pushing on. Going into Lap 4 and after a bit of running I had created a small gap to the next rider. This left me to just hold this gap to the finish line.


Photo courtesy of Ffyona Booker

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