Scottish Cyclocross Callendar Park

I travelled down to Falkirk on Sunday to the second round of the Scx series.  This was my first cyclocross outing since the three peaks and my first Scx round of the season.  The course was mainly on grass with various up and downs with only a small distance being on red ash.  I rode a lap of the course  before the start and my bike was left looking like a farmers tractor at ploughing time.  The start was hectic as usual but I got a good start in amongst the other 89 starters.

Then I started going backwards for the first few laps maybe paying the price for my fast start before settling in and dicing with  a few riders.  I was able to get close to a big group but I wasn't able to pass any of them with the elastic finally snapping with only a couple of laps to go.  I rolled over the line in 34th position which I'm reasonably happy with when glancing over the results.  The field was very strong with big names that are usually right up there all over the top 20.

Anyway that's the first one under my belt and I know that I have work to do.  Here's hoping for an improvement at Knockburn Loch next weekend and an overall improvement throughout the remainder of the series.