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I can't make the 18th, so name that climb please.
I raced the South East and Eastern regional cyclocross championships at Bethlem Hospital today. Probably the muddiest cross race I've ever done (the top three have all been this season) and insanely difficult due to the mud. I was literally brought to a halt at least once every lap by the depth of it, and rather foolishly had decided, after checking out the course last Sunday in the cold, that I wouldn't need my mud tubulars due to the large sections of woods that had a carpet of leaves in them. Some wise bastard had subsequently cleared most of them of leaves, leaving yet more mud to negotiate.
I had a cracking start and was running top 5 at one point on the opening lap, before the mud took it's toll and I lost ground, and places, on each lap but managed to finish 11th at the end which I'm happy with given I haven't raced for 6 weeks. I just have a nagging doubt that if I'd had the Dugasts on I could've finished a bit higher.