Zachary Baker Blog for CT

So the road season for 2011 is coming to a close and as a positive season wraps up for another year I am left to ponder all the final few months of training and racing.

As previously stated I had plans to go to Australian National University Games at the Gold Coast and it was a great week or racing and relaxing. I was representing Charles Sturt University and had two other team mates with me. 

The week consisted of a 90km road race, a pairs time trial and a 1hour criterion. The road race shaped up to be a hard day in the wind and rain. Early on the brake went and due to the wind the field on 60 split early. After battling away I managed to get 15th with Blair battling for fourth.

In the pair time trial Blair and I struggled out of bed for a 6am start on the main streets of the Gold Coast. The length was 30km and we missed a medal by 40seconds. We got 4th on the morning however with the form and late night we were pretty happy to just wake up.

The crit saw a very quick pace early on and many in the field dropped out before the first half. My legs were going along OK however I managed to miss the brake again, however Blair Windsor was in the top three. After an hour Blair sprinted and grabbed a silver medal.

Considering the lack of representatives for our university we were very happy to come away with a few top ten finishes and a medal.

Over the next few months I will be getting ready for the bay crits in Geelong and the results will be posted shortly after

Zach Baker