newcastlecycling

Good result Metro

Hmmm - I thought so, and am still happy with the outcome as I am not a break away kind of guy  - and certainly not for 5 laps. I think the last breakaway I won with was the last C grade race I did before I moved up to B grade, many many moons ago.

I did not intend to break away at all - quite accidental as I was just moving forward to help Sherrie out as it seemed everyone would sit on her wheel - I thought to attack to shake things up, just as you sometimes have to do at a Sunday Vets race.  I was shocked when I looked back at the top of the mighty climb up the bridge to see Sherrie and I had established a gap!  I was even more shocked when the -gap kept growing.  I was hoping when I was caught KOCC riders would counter-attack hard, but that never happened.  It was cool to hear the local boys yelling out to me to keep going...I had "Rockin the Free World - the latest Laughing Bunch tune - in my head the whole race.

I just downloaded my Garmin 500 and it seems my average speed for the 5 laps (broke away from just before the bridge on the 1st lap) was a pretty mundane 34.9 kph.  Yes, there was some wind but not a great deal.  I get the feeling the bunch lost rather than I won, if ya know what I mean.