Every second Wednesday the League Of Veteran Racing cyclists holds races at Hillingdon. Essentially as OBG's (Oldies but Goodies) we're all grouped together at the start although you actually race in different catergories. I'm in the A's (40-44). The race was the standard one hour plus 5 laps. On show were threshold power god Colin Roshier (Team Quest), the Eastway Sprint king Rapha Condor's Dominic Gabellini and a few tasty Finchley RT boys.
This race was just 'training' for me so I wasn't really bothered about placing. It wasn't quite the do or die pace of Palace but it was still quite spirited. There were attacks pretty much every lap after a 2-3 lap settling in period. I initiated at least three attacks and was part of another 3 or 4 other attempts. Unfortunately nothing got more than 10-15 seconds. Marked man Colin Roshier(Team Quest) tried desperately to power away on numerous occassions towards the end but it just wasn't gonna happen so everyone tightened their straps and got in position for the inevitable bunch sprint. Dominic (Rapha Condor) did the business of course and I rolled in around 20th.
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