I'm not expecting to finish in the top half of the field - there are currently 47 riders signed up, so if I finish 34th, I'll be happy!
Just checked the results. I finished 87th out of 95 riders. On the plus side, I was only lapped once... but I was lapped by nearly half the field. I managed five laps in total.
I was actually the second to last person to finish - would have been last but passed my 'rival' in the last 500 metres. Everyone behind us was either another lap down and had finished already, or had pulled out. One person pulled out after two laps having taken 20 minutes per lap (I was 9-10 mins per lap, the winner was 7 minutes per lap).
It was an incredibly tough course - much harder than the last race I took part in. This was mainly down to the fact that it was in grassy fields, with very uneven ground, so it was difficult to get any momentum going.
I was also held up a few times by stopping to give way to faster riders - thought it was only fair, since they were actually 'racing', I was just 'taking part'.
Round 4 of the East Kent league next week. Been a bit poorly lately but hoping to be fit for that, especially as it's happening just a few miles down the road.