James Worrell.au

Raced B-grade out at Muzza again today. Pretty twitchy bunch and a bit slower than last week. The headwinds were lighter but still enough to keep the small breaks under control. Me, had a pretty good run, sat out the back until the bunch settled down, keeping an eye on things. Nobody was getting away today it seemed so no point doing too much work. The plan was to conserve energy and take a surprise jump right near the end and stay away. The 3-laps sign came out and I was still minding my own business in the last 3rd of the bunch. Coming down the back straight the gaps opened up so I could jump pretty much the entire field. Thought about it - thought I might not get the chance on the next lap, so I took off. Sure enough I jumped over to the four guys sitting out about 50m off the front of the bunch, yelled out to go as I came past but only 1 bloke stuck and he was stuffed so I didn't like our chances of staying away. As I was fading coming up to the bell, Matty B and another bloke joined us, we tried to work it together, but we weren't working too well - some of us didn't have a whole lot left - and we nearly stuck it - got mowed down by the bunch with 400m to go. Bugger - lungs were shot - going to the pub last night apparently didn't help. Never mind - next weekend - another learning experience under the belt.

As for the getting serious part ... got a few big rides coming up. Noosa - 165km, Around the Bay - 250km, Brisse to Coast - 110km .... and the clincher - Canberra to Melbourne - 900km in November - and I'll be turning 36 on that ride - could be a large night. Time to do some bigger miles in the training over winter - happy times.