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It was good to arrive at Caersws in some fine weather – the NPS track was being used and just getting down in the wet had been a challenge last time here, let alone thinking about going quickly. With that in mind, I was a bit disappointed to end up on my backside on my first run, sliding off a higher line.

After this shaky start, my runs began to improve and I was getting off the brakes. Later however, afternoon rain showers made the off-camber corners a little exciting and I managed to finish the day as it began, sliding on my backside down the grass in the finishing field – what goes around, comes around!

Come Sunday, I put in a safe first race run, missing one of the higher lines up top, and being over-cautious through the trees. On my second run I tried to let off the brakes a little and with one tense moment rounding the first tight right hander – the scene of many a fall during the day, I was able to get a bit of speed through the trees. The extra distance over a tabletop towards the bottom nearly had me slipping off a pedal but I got it back together to arrive safely in the field to finish. I had made up 10 seconds on my first run. I’ve no excuses now; I need to put this effort in to my first run for the next race.

I finished third Woman overall – good, but not good enough!

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