The last 6 weeks has been all about the
track. My goal has been to get to Grenoble for the National Piste des Jeunes
and I knew I had to get my speed and cadence up. I’ve done several track races
and my first official meets too.
But first I had to qualify for Grenoble.
About 37 cadets assembled at the Palais des Sports on the first weekend of
September to get one of the 9 qualifying places. It’s just a scratch race and a
points race but I managed to qualify in 6th place overall and I am the only 1st year u16 to qualify so I am
extremely pleased and have been training very hard to improve my level since
then.
I did the 2 days of Eybens which was on the
tricky and bumpy outside track – and the weather was poor too. But I finished 2nd
in every u16 race so i was pretty happy. And overall the team got 3rd.
Despite having a bad cold for a few days
and missing a big race in Lyon I think I’m in good shape and ready for next
weekend.
My sprint is way faster now than 2 months
ago and dad tells me that the high miles I did during the summer are now paying
off.
The highlight of the last few weeks was the
3 days of Aigle. My 1st “pro” event which included individual races
and a Madison competition. My partner Anthony and I came 3rd and 4th
in the individual overall but our lack of experience and practice showed and we came 5th
– out of 11 teams – overall in the Madison. But to be fair, we did get a very
good 3rd in the Madison on the last night. And in the last sprint Anthony gave me the relay and I flew round to win the last sprint. Thanks to that, the French national team coach came to see us and chay.
In one week I have the 4 days of Grenoble which I won last year! But I am ready and on form for it.
Wish me luck!
Yep, you got better and better during the 3 days of Aigle, and you have improved enormously over the last 2 months! Good post! Nice pics, who took them?
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