I don't have a motor!
It's official!
Vic masters sprint day on Saturday. No excuses, I have trained all year, gotten stronger, thought I'd gotten faster. Even lost a little bit of weight! To no avail ... Flying 200 was 12.95something, slower than last year (12.91) despite better aero gear. Didn't qualify for the finals. I didn't do the kilo (never again after last year, the kilo sucks!) and in the Keirin I didn't want to get involved in the stupidity happening at the front and gambled on doing a Bradbury when they all crashed.
They crashed in the first run of the race, Turbo got brought down most unfairly and I think no-one was watching it happen, the perpetrators didn't get suspended and from where I was, it was clear that they should have. Modern Keirin does not include pushing down onto a rider who is in the lane and causing them to crash. Maybe back in the 1970's, but not in 2010.
In the re-run, almost the same thing happened again, I sat off the back and watched, then when the pace went on I didn't have the legs to go with it.
So, no better than last year. I think that means, that after a year or so's dedicated sprint training, that I'm not ever going to be any good as a sprinter. I can live with that, I'm enjoying the sprint series, I'll never be any sort of elite, but that's ok, I love sprinting and will keep doing it and keep trying to chip away at my PB in the flying 200. I just won't ever be able to give guys like Lou Pascussi any competition, but that's ok with me. We're all playing with the hand we're dealt at birth and I figure if I can get the best out myself, that'll be enough for me.
Everyone else had a good day. Dino and Mick were the best of the Vics at the sprint and keirin respectively, I still don't know why Queenslanders and Tasmanians are allowed to enter, and win, the Vic state titles, I'm sure there's a reason for it but I don't know what it is. Chris Ray rode his best kilo in competition (after a F200 and a bunch of sprints) and got 3rd in the sprint and I think placed in the Keirin as well? Craig rode well given his very upset year with a lot of personal stuff to contend with too, and on the Sunday Cam and Mick rode scorchers too.
Rubbish