On speaking with the organisers, they confirmed there wasn't a women only race.
Having woken up not feeling not the full ticket, and arriving at the park slightly shivering, Stephi took my entry, so Poor little Iona wouldn't be racing on her own again for a 2nd consecutive week!!
The idea of the race was handicapped, so the Cat 2 men went off first with 16 laps to go, followed 30s after by the cat 4 men, then 90s after them the Cat 3's set off with each 15 laps to go.
The race started after a 2 minute silence for remembrance day, Iona and Stephi setting off with the Cat 3 men.
It was a perfect day for racing and in fact being on the bike, the skies were blue, the track dry, with a nice head wind, I could get used to watching, although I made the right decision not to race, which enabled me to try my hand at taking some shots on the iPhone....
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| Iona |
The girls rode really well, and it was a good safe hard workout for them both...... They both eventually came in together after 15 laps of the track , and i think that was smiling :-)
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| Iona and Stephi |
But even though we were there together, we still found Poor little Iona in a corner eating alone..... :-)
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| Iona Alone again |
Actually once Steph and I had finished racing, we headed to find Sandra sitting all alone with her hot chocolate waiting for her Panni! The conspiracy continues .............Sandra!
However once we joined her, we met this lovely chap, who came up to us showing the below photo, asking if it was any of us.
He kindly took this photo at the Surrey League Team Time Trial we did back in september, in preparation for the Ras Na Mban, so thank you Hamish Brown for the photo below, its a great shot of Myself, Iona and Michelle Forster of London Pheonix who guested for us in Ireland.
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| Courtesy of Hamish Brown. |
