National Championships - twice the ViCiOUSness

Photo: Ed Rollason

Vets race: I had a bit of a fight with Mark James. I wondered if the ViCiOUS kit had anything to do with it? After that the battle was on, he'd got away from me but I wasn't going to let it go. The rest of the race I was chasing to get places back and thankfully I managed claw the places back that I lost and finish ahead of Mark. I was 7th and less than 30 seconds off my main goal of a top 5. Without the tussle it could have been top 5...

Seniors race: no fights. I was gridded on the 4th row and had a really good first half a lap avoiding both of the big pile ups on the first couple of bends, I couldn't believe my luck. The rest of the race was a continuous battle with so many riders within just a few seconds of each other. I just kept on trying to chase down the next rider and not give up. Loads of shouts of encouragement really helped me on, it was incredible. I had no idea were I was, at one point someone said 37th to me. The chequered flag was a long time coming, 1hr12 mins of grinding through the mud but I was so pleased to have achieved my goal of not being lapped, and on the drive home, even more pleased when I found out that I was in the top 30! Without my tyre blow-out on the final lap a top 25 could have been possible. I'm feeling stronger and really looking forward to Rutland next week, gonna smash it.

A Massive thanks to everyone that helped us out one way or another, or just came up to us to ask about ViCiOUS VELO. Also, a special thanks to Ken Jones and Chris Spencer from Onimpex/BioRacer for getting our kit made and ready for the Nationals in next to no time.

Photo: JoolzeD