Well I just did 15 minutes on the bike just to keep my legs ticking over, and as I raced and I have my PGCE class tonight (won't be getting home until 10!!) Today is going to be an easy one!
Well yesterday's event in Birmingham was fairly positive for me and the club! Robert ended the season with a Cat 1 win, Louise raced competitively after moving up a category, Dan won the handicap race and Jordan got 3 firsts!
As for me, well I don't think i have done to badly this year! considering I only competed in 5 events (Indoor champs relay, London Marathon and 3 Club meetings) was injured for the best part of 3 weeks after my fall in the marathon, hardly had any "skate" time this year, having only the Monday club session indoors (which I have now lost!) and have had a good 4 years off skates over my competition - despite this I am up there, maybe not competiting for medals - but keeping with the skaters in most distances.
So onto my races!
5000m - The 5k was interesting, as it had just rained 5 minutes before and all the skaters had a wet track to deal with! Having only one type of wheel, I didn't have the luxury of switching to rain wheels or mixing with other types, and well my wheels didn't exactly give the best grip! as a result I was powering the straights, and then coasting the corners essentially losing everything I had gained in terms of speed. Still everyone was in the same boat, and Rob managed to break away for the win, so a victory for Woodham made it worthwhile! I placed 8th.
2000m - This was arguably my best race, kept with the pace better and skated the track easier thanks to it now being dry! misjudged how much energy I had left and should have gone half a lap sooner, ended up hawking for the line and just missed out on 5th. Quite happy with this!
1000m - One of my former favourite distances, and to date the distance I have got my only Senior medal in (Bronze, 2006) However at this point I didn't have a great amount left in the tank, poorly judged the race and didn't skate the corners, a terrible race for me, my sprinting will be worked on next year! I think I came 9th.
Well thats the season over! I will be writing up my personal seasional review as well as my training goals over the winter!
All in all, looking forward to racing in 2012!
Jon
