Another super-hot race day yesterday, this time back at Joetsu in Niigata, having decided to go there over Osaka. I also stayed overnight, just to have more of a relaxing weekend. Sixteen riders braved the heat in the over 30s class, which I think is the most I’ve ever seen race there. We were therefore divided into two full gates, with the top 4 from each going through to the main. In an eventful morning, with plenty of moves being made and a big crash in the third moto, I went 3rd/5th/1st to qualify for the main event. I chose gate 5 and ended up finishing 6th, the same position as the last round but this time being beaten by the guy who I beat then, so we’ve got a good rivalry going on there.
Stayed on for a bit of a practice session but the afternoon sun was such that I called it a day before I got heat stroke or crashed from exhaustion!

Next race is in 4 weeks’ time, which is another schedule clash, so will have to see how things pan out nearer the time. That break also gives me the time to get the Redline back up and running. Hope to at least take that to a pump track for some training too.
