The race itself is on the Kilkoo circuit, 3 laps of a 13 odd mile loop that is more rolly than hilly. Tailwind out and a blustery head wind on the way back in.
The race itself started really quickly with the tailwind and the group was up to well over 30mph without a second thought... condition of the road wasn't great and I tried as hard as I could to stay out more to the right.
So far so good, I managed to hold my position reasonably well up close to the front, but not at the point of it... I wasn't feeling that frisky!
The race rolled on with a lot of folks having many a crack at splitting the group.... but it just didn't seem to happen... maybe its like this in most third cat races?
I managed to stay in touch with the front of the race right round for all of the laps... and had a wee dig off the front on the third lap... managed to stay away from all of about 5 mins :-) then got reeled in sharpish as I turned back into the headwind.
Anyhoo... it all finished up in a bunch sprint at the end, and after taking an inadvertant shove on each side I backed off... 15th or 50th... still means no points!
Was a good race I thought anyhoo and I really enjoyed it. Looking forward to next weekend now!
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