Tuesday evening see me riding at the Motor Racing Circut at Kirby Mallory just outside Leicester. Mallory Park was used as the Road Racing venue for the 1970 World Champoinships but unlike the stars of yore all it gets to see these days of top class bike racing is on Thursday when the Elite/1st/2nd cats race. On the Tuesday a motley assembly of wannabees, hasbeens and new converts get to bash around the circut to their hearts content, in the early part of the year can see bunches of 100+ but as the season wears on and enthusiasm runs low (and some get upgraded god forbid) there is a more managable bunch of about 50. Juniors, Ladies, Vets, Triathletes (no tri bars) and even the odd rollerblader (on a bike) pile in together and usually it ends in a mass sprint after 25-30 laps (32-40m). Yours truly usually has a go at getting away or attacking in the last few laps to get caught on the final bend (i think they are catching onto my tactics!) but i have managed a clutch of placings in the top 10 with two 5th places in the last 3, I do feel the spectators are rooting for me as one said to me last week "You'll win one soon"
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