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Oliver Schick
@The_Seldom_Killer
Wentworth Castle. It was definitely a proper cross course. It had everything in it. Berm, hairpins, fast straightaways,, dives, draggy climbs, tree routes, whoops, bricks and mud of every kind from hard pack to rusty water.
I alas, had nothing.
Not sure what it was that was wrong but after the first lap, I just couldn't seem to get anything going. For the next lap and a half I was holding off the one person behind me but I was getting clogged up on a field and the battle ended when a big stick managed to get jammed in. By the time I'd managed to get it out and a lot of other stuff too, he was just too far away to chase.
I spent the rest of the race trying to go a bit faster than just riding pace and improve on my technical handling. Rolled in and quietly reset my number of weeks at Not Last counter back to zero.
Going to order a smaller chain ring ahead of next week's race in Sheffield which is likely to be similar conditions but with a bit more climbing. I'd rather have been spinning a bit today and being able to make better ground on the slopes. Sheffield course also includes the spiral of doom copied from the Iron Cross.