Inter-club crit race

Dipping my toe in the world of crit racing with an out-of-season inter club affair at cyclopark in Gravesend. After a spot of coaching from British cycling/sky coach Nathan Hazledene – we went on to the main show/smash fest which is crit racing. The course is a beautiful 2.9km circuit with one especially tricky fast 180° corner and a lovely descending quick right follow by sharper left which i loved smashing down in the drops. I was obviously in the scratch starters having never raced before, it wasn't text book by a long shot, couple of soldiers were left taking way too many turns on the front, while most of my efforts were closing gaps at the back of the bunch so was out of puff when it came to maning up and leading out. Before it started I wanted to make a Voeckler style break and chose the peak of slight hill last lap to go for it only to be pulled back to 4th over the line. Super day. Picture by Kate Morton.