Omnium

Have just got back from the omnium, which was a beast of a day of riding. 5 events, starting with the flying 200, then the scratch, the individual pursuit over 2000m, the points race over 15km, and finally a kilo just to round it all off.

How was it? Tiring. I felt like I was going fast in the kilo at the end, but could only pull a 1.15 out of the hat. Pretty slow stuff. Gearing becomes a big issue through out the day, as you have to take account of the previous racing in your choices. Pushing a 100 or 102 just seemed a bad idea for the final event, wheras I would not think twice about it normally.

Standout performances in my grade were Lou Pascuzzi who lost to Matt Chessum on a countback. He has come a long way in a short times. Just beat me in the pursuit, which hurt a little. I think that I came in 5th or 6th. Will find out in the next couple of days- I couldn't come at hanging around longer than I had to just to find out.

One of the harder days of cycling I have done. Maybe when I have got back a bit of energy I might do a proper report!