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Howard
Most likely, first symptom of a cold I find is not feeling good on the bike.
I intended to race some National Trophy this season, but the expense and time to get to Southampton put me off when there were cheap, local options. I'll definitely try and make Ipswich and maybe a few others. What were the complaints about MK Bowl? I enjoyed the course a few weeks ago despite someone riding into my rear mech on the first corner, then racing the rest a lap down.
Yesterday was the first race where I've managed to ride away in the first few laps and not really 'race' anyone. Saturday was the opposite and I had to bridge a gap to the leading two, managing this in the penultimate lap, which was then followed by a tactical, slow last lap and a half before I attacked on the steep double climb which left myself and Matt Holmes who came past myself in the last 400 metres or so. I'd spent too much bringing them back to hold on.