Personal Season Review
Events
British Indoor Championships (Relay)
Birmingham Club Meeting (Cat 2)
London Inline Marathon (Senior Men, Elite)
FISS Race Tatem Park (Cat 1)
Birmingham Club Meeting (Cat 1)
Birmingham Club Meeting (Cat 2)
London Inline Marathon (Senior Men, Elite)
FISS Race Tatem Park (Cat 1)
Birmingham Club Meeting (Cat 1)
British Indoor Championships (Relay)
Ahhh this was my first race back after nearly 4 years out! In terms of physical preparation there was none, Errol and I were entered to just do what we could do! And despite tripping over my own feet whilst watching Errol for a relay exchange, it actually went pretty well. Change overs were smooth and we didn’t get lapped, my 100mm wheels weren’t helpful but It was a nice event to use to get back into the sport!
Birmingham Club Meeting (Cat 2)
My first race outdoors was quite exciting, having anticipated being put into category 2 I felt I needed to go and prove myself fitness-wise. My tactics were to hit the front, and hit it hard – not great for my results (as I got two 2nd places and a 1st) as I could of easily have won all 3 races if I had sat in the pack to conserve energy, but that wasn’t where I wanted to be!
My first race outdoors was quite exciting, having anticipated being put into category 2 I felt I needed to go and prove myself fitness-wise. My tactics were to hit the front, and hit it hard – not great for my results (as I got two 2nd places and a 1st) as I could of easily have won all 3 races if I had sat in the pack to conserve energy, but that wasn’t where I wanted to be!
London Inline Marathon (Senior Men, Elite)
Right. I started this race well, keeping with the pack for the first two laps and then I was unlucky enough to get my wheel caught in a crack in the floor and come down straight on my knee. I slowly made my way back to the start, got patched up and then decided to finish the race (I guess I had something to prove and wanted to finish the distance!) I eventually did in a time that was almost identical to my last marathon before I stopped skating! That made me happy in that if I hadn’t had fallen I would have had a new PB on my hands!
FISS Race Tatem Park (Cat 1)
Well this was my first race back after falling and I was trying a taper down preparation, and didn’t really do to much leading up to the race – this turned out to be the wrong thing, and my legs felt heavy and stiff and I didn’t race well at all! It took 3 races for my legs to loosen up (got 5th in the 10,000m!) and then Harry, Rob and I won the relay – frustrating, but I learnt a valuable piece of information about my body! So for that it was a good days racing!
Birmingham Club Meeting (Cat 1)
The last race of the season was fairly decent, a wet 5k in which my only set of wheels did not grip to – leading to an 8th place finish, a 2k which on a dry track was my best, 6th place but could have been higher had I timed my sprint better and have more faith in my legs! Also the 2nd time I have ever lunged for the line (the first being the cadet boys half marathon British Championship, in which that lunge stopped Matt Wate making a clean sweep of all the championships! – shame I fell after the line!) and then a 1k sprint which my tactics were wrong and I left myself to far down the pack to make an impact. Great day for several improvements, can’t wait for an injury free season in 2012 of both cycle and skating racing!
Goals to be completed this season
1. To be competitive in UK events (by end of 2011) GOAL COMPLETE
I feel I did achieve this, considering I missed champs through injury and had few races to test myself. I started by being well off the pace in Cat 1, but eventually was up there and pushing for higher places as shown in my 2k race in Birmingham and my 5th place in the 10k in London (not forgetting I medalled in Cat 2! and finished a marathon after falling) so yes, my first goal of being competitive in UK racing has been achieved, making 2011 a success!
2012 Goals
Necessary Goal: A medal in Cat 1
Bonus Goal: Achieve a 1st place medal in Cat 1
Bonus Goal: Achieve a 1st place medal in Cat 1
Jon
