Andy Morrison Memorial RR

4 out 6 of the team decided to head back to Bedford the following weekend for another road race. This time a slightly less hilly 30 mile race, on a simple triangle shaped circuit, with a long slight downhill, then up a long drag with a bit of a kick at the end, and then along a short straight with the finish line at the end of this road. The circuit was made tougher by rather strong winds, especially down the finishing straight. There was a decent sized field of 40 women and the pace of the race was quite high. It was a relatively uneventful race, with one attack halfway through the race which stuck. The group was unable to pull her back as many of the riders didn’t even know that someone was off the front! The race for me went fine, it wasn’t necessarily my favourite circuit and going up the hill 15 times certainly began to hurt at times. I finished 7^th overall after coming 6^th in the final chaotic bunch sprint. Fortunately I didn’t get caught up in the crash in the middle of the group, but unfortunately my teammate Lucy did and took a nasty tumble – get better soon! Well done to Frankie as well finishing 12^th.