Heffron Park Race Reports - 28 April 12
Posted: 28 Apr 2012, 18:34
Fabulous turnout by DHBC. 6 crisp red jerseys, and I believe 3 to 4 virgin riders at Heffron. This means madatory race reports by each debutant!
Only 6 to 7 starters for D Grade, but Lizanne's presence ensured DHBC had a 1/3 representation. There were three to four teenagers. I warned Lizanne that they will go hard with attacks left right and centre, so let them lose their breath, let us oldies warm up, then catch one of the breaks about half-way, then keep going and split the bunch.
Unfortunatly for Lizanne on lap 6 one of the lads (the same guy I dead-heated with last week) kept going pretty hard when B or C grade were going by and created a gap. It took me 500 metres to catch him and looking behind Lizanne and the others were left well behind - it was a bit marginal by him as to whether he should have been allowed to do this or not as Lizanne and the others were disadvantaged.
Anyway, like last week we worked together evenly, but I didn't have the same legs as last week, and he kept urging me to keep going as the guy in third was 300 metres behind for 4 laps and gaining on us. I told him to go if I was holding him back as I had nothing more to give. With 2 laps to go the other teenager caught us with what I suspect was some help by passing B and C grade, as he 'appeared' just after they rode by, but I think he would have closed on us anyway within another lap without slip stream.
On the last lap B and C passed us and we agreed between the three of us to ride neutrally. Once they were about 100 metres ahead of us on the last bends it was back on again, and I unfortunatly was stuck in first around into the straight. As they sped up and started to pass I felt I just didn't have it to match, and then I cramped in my right calf and that was that.
Third Place, and $15 buckaroos AND I've been advised I've graduated to C GRADE. Maybe at last I will have a group to sit in behind. Yay!
And the mandatory reports from the other debutants follow...........
Only 6 to 7 starters for D Grade, but Lizanne's presence ensured DHBC had a 1/3 representation. There were three to four teenagers. I warned Lizanne that they will go hard with attacks left right and centre, so let them lose their breath, let us oldies warm up, then catch one of the breaks about half-way, then keep going and split the bunch.
Unfortunatly for Lizanne on lap 6 one of the lads (the same guy I dead-heated with last week) kept going pretty hard when B or C grade were going by and created a gap. It took me 500 metres to catch him and looking behind Lizanne and the others were left well behind - it was a bit marginal by him as to whether he should have been allowed to do this or not as Lizanne and the others were disadvantaged.
Anyway, like last week we worked together evenly, but I didn't have the same legs as last week, and he kept urging me to keep going as the guy in third was 300 metres behind for 4 laps and gaining on us. I told him to go if I was holding him back as I had nothing more to give. With 2 laps to go the other teenager caught us with what I suspect was some help by passing B and C grade, as he 'appeared' just after they rode by, but I think he would have closed on us anyway within another lap without slip stream.
On the last lap B and C passed us and we agreed between the three of us to ride neutrally. Once they were about 100 metres ahead of us on the last bends it was back on again, and I unfortunatly was stuck in first around into the straight. As they sped up and started to pass I felt I just didn't have it to match, and then I cramped in my right calf and that was that.
Third Place, and $15 buckaroos AND I've been advised I've graduated to C GRADE. Maybe at last I will have a group to sit in behind. Yay!
And the mandatory reports from the other debutants follow...........