After a poor National Crit Race I went to Sheffield GP with
a different frame of mind. Due to illness I had 3 weeks of hardly any training
after the National Road Race this made me unable to race the Curlew Cup and
affected the Essex Giro and also the Otley Crit where I struggled on the
Saturday in Essex and got dropped on the last
3 laps at Otley. I have recently managed to pick up my training again so went
to Sheffield with the intention of it being a
hard training session for me. It was a great course with a short climb and lots
of cobbles. It set went from the off and was a very fast pace as to be
expected. I lasted longer than York
and pulled out with 15 minutes to go after I got dropped around the final
corner to the finish when I lost a wheel. Helen Wyman went on to storm away
from the bunch pulling 48 seconds and taking a solo win. Hannah Barnes won the
bunch sprint. I will definitely be back next year to the race hopefully with
better form than present!
The next evening I went up to Prissik to support Rob who was
racing the elite race and thought I may as well race with the 4th Cat
men for some training. I ended up feeling really strong again which was a nice
change! I came 3rd in the prime and took 3rd in the final
bunch sprint. It was nice to feel abit more like my normal self after afew
months of illness and injury. Onwards and Upwards!
Brit
