I gave the 4th cat race at Stourport a go tonight. Made lots of rookie mistakes but it was fun nonetheless. I started to lose contact at some point and then made the mistake of doing most of the work to bring the small group back to the bunch, just in time for the prime lap when we got distanced again. I also had a problem with my rear mech, which seemed to get worse after the group had been dropped for a second time, and it was skipping gears in the middle of the cassette, which isn't ideal in a circuit race when you need to accelerate hard out of the corners! Nonetheless, it gave me lots of things to think about (mainly the need to do more training!) and I'd definitely give it another go soon.
Sadly Andrew Clayton, who had a lucky escape with his collarbone on the club run on Sunday, came down on the final lap of the 3/4 race and had to go to hospital for the second time in three days. It looks like he's broken it this time. Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Andrew.
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Re: Beacon Stourport circuit races Tuesday 6 August
Ouch!laurence_cooley wrote: Sadly Andrew Clayton, who had a lucky escape with his collarbone on the club run on Sunday, came down on the final lap of the 3/4 race and had to go to hospital for the second time in three days. It looks like he's broken it this time. Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Andrew.
Re: Beacon Stourport circuit races Tuesday 6 August
The man is determined, you've got to give him that! Wishing you a speedy recovery, Andrew.Philip Whiteman wrote:Ouch!laurence_cooley wrote: Sadly Andrew Clayton, who had a lucky escape with his collarbone on the club run on Sunday, came down on the final lap of the 3/4 race and had to go to hospital for the second time in three days. It looks like he's broken it this time. Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Andrew.
Re: Beacon Stourport circuit races Tuesday 6 August
He looked to be in a decent position too - about 6th place on inside of last hairpin. I think he was 3rd in intermediate sprint (couldn't tell from other side of course) and was well set for another sprint.Grogz wrote:The man is determined, you've got to give him that! Wishing you a speedy recovery, Andrew.Philip Whiteman wrote:Ouch!laurence_cooley wrote: Sadly Andrew Clayton, who had a lucky escape with his collarbone on the club run on Sunday, came down on the final lap of the 3/4 race and had to go to hospital for the second time in three days. It looks like he's broken it this time. Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Andrew.
I understand the missus is likely to be unimpressed after warning him not to go after Sunday's incident...