Sunday saw me participate in the first event of the year - the Scotten100 run by Clifton CC. As always the event was full, all 100 places taken very quickly. York Cycleworks fielded a large team which had a range of ages and ability including the fastest rider of the day (not me :( )
The weather held off and I signed into the second group to take the road. This is my standard choice as I can't cope with the break-neck launch of the first group and rather warm into the event knowing that I will catch some of the first group.
I thoroughly enjoyed the ride as I always do, the cyclocross-sportive nature really suits my riding strengths and of course slows many strong roadies down. Unfortunately I made a stupid mistake and got lost for about 10 minutes. It was one of those situations where I made a simple mistake, then allowed adrenalin and panic to kick in only to immediately make 2 or 3 more errors in my route following. All on a course that I know so well.
How did I do, 35th place. Not as good as I would have liked, but acceptable.
My bike worked flawlessly, the set up as described in an earlier post is spot on for both this ride and the 3 Peaks, all I need is stronger legs.
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