Well tonight was the last race of the Tursday evening SERRL Series and the last of the evening criteriums in the whole of the South therefore it was going to gurantee a great turnout, with even a certain Tim Butt popping over to compete having only arrived that day, fresh from two weeks cycling in the Algarve with Tri Training Harder, what a hard life he leads... lol. Anyway back to the race, as tonight it was just me, Phil and Malcolm representing our team and with a lot of good riders and some with team mates also there, we decided on the relevant team tactics beforehand, taking it in turns to each inflitrate a break. Fortunately that happened to be me, originally I was in a break of three, never more than 12 seconds from the peloton, however, after about 8mins our our break grew to seven and with almost all the major teams and players represented we then pulled away from the peloton, inching our advantage, by the end to around the 30second mark. With 5 laps to go, there were a couple of attacks launched, but nothing too serious until I launched one on the bell with a lap to go, I did this as many in the break were all good sprinters and with seven of us in the break it meant everyone had plenty of time to recover between their turns on the front saving legs. I also saw it pay handsomely to Robert Moore, who after a similar attack two weeks ago, held on for the win. My attack ultimately failed as Adam Coterriel from Zappis Pro Cycling attentively covered me, if he hadn't, well I reckon I might have been able to hold it all the way to the line. As it was, my roll of the dice didn't come off and I was well beaten in the sprint by all my breakaway companions. Nevermind, but at least I've only got 99 points till I get my elite license (I think) and a big thanks has to go to Malcolm and Phil who sacrificed their own chances of getting their first cat. license today, by working for me when I got away. Not too bad though considering that I have been in so much pain all week after Sunday and haven't even touched the bike since then. What I am in desperate need of is a massge or 30. Anyway now to concentrate on Sunday and hopefully win, it is the Kent Hill Climb Championships, held on Hollingbourne Hill, between Maidstone and Ashford, there's a bit of prize money and I'm keen to do really well on it and test myself against the clock and on such a climb, it will be really interesting to see how I go.

I will let you all know how I get on in there afterwards, but before I sign off I just got to say a massive thanks to everyone at SERRL for all the hard work they have put in all season both in the Summer Series and Evening Series, without them I couldn't have done as well as I have done this season.

Also to let everyone know I came fourth overall in the SERRL Summer Road Race Series and second overall in the SERRL Thursday Evening Series, not too shabby considering this is my first proper season as a roadie. On another note I will be racing Tim Butt on Sunday 7th, which should be interesting as this time it's on his turf, let battle commence...