This was the ninth race in the series of ten and my last - I'll be in Devon in a fortnight's time. Itchen Valley Country Park is a great venue, with grassy hills and swervy tracks through woodland, and I was eager to beat my worst-scoring position of 27th.
Off we went at quite a brisk tempo. I was catching people up and felt OK, although after 15 minutes I was working hard. Last lap, and I knew we were heading downhill in the direction of the finish. I could see the tape of the funnel ahead and I pelted with everything I had left... only to find that it was just tape marking the gap in a hedge. OK, I thought, I know the finish is in the corner of the field... I'm just one field and about 300metres ahead of myself... But then we we were marshalled down into the woods for a circuitous pfaff about before emerging at the finish. Crikey, it was hard work keeping any kind of pace going, and I was done for at the end with a less-than-satisfactory 30th place.
It's been a great RR10 season with plenty of battles and adventures. Final results analysis in a couple of weeks after hols.
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