Time Trial PB's

[Cuchilo]

Dam those few seconds !

 

[bianchi1]

Broke my normal rule of never driving to a tt tonight and went down to the fast T10/17 raglan course with a couple of club mates. A super fast outward 5 was contrasted by a block head wind last 5. I was aiming to finally get under 22 minutes and was slowly loosing hope as my average speed slipped lower and lower. One final lung busting push...21 minutes 55 seconds. Well worth the 80 mile round trip!

 

[iggibizzle]

25 mile tt PB today at levens. Previous only 25 was 1hr 16 last year on a twisty wet course so wasn't sure what I'd be capable of. Managed 1:08:05 this morning

 

[Cuchilo]

PB today as well on the H50/4 . 2:24:23 First time ive done a 50TT on the Trinity . Its a long time to stay in position but not too bad .
I notice my heart rate stats have come down to me riding mostly at tempo , i was anything but that so its all going in the right direction .

 

[HLaB]

FCA Cleish 10 24.56
FCA Freuchie 10 26.06 (First TT and only go);
FCA Freuchie Hilly 10 29.50,
PCC10 27:07, 26:27, 26:09 26.06, 25.52, 25.11
NC1/10 Sawtry 27.20 25.58, 25:15
N3/10 Lamport 25:54
NCCC Flawborough10 26.24, 26.13, 26.04 25.55
NCCC Elston 10 25:31 25.03
PCC 5.6, 14:36
Brogborough 10 25.03
ABC 10/43 25.20
NC16H 26.43
Kings Cliffe 10 27.47 (No tt bars)
Rollers 10 (Inches that is) 20.00
Broughton 27.10
Middleton 18.4 miles, 50.47, 50:12
PCC2 Up 16.7miles 45:53; Smith Cup (same 16.7 miles course Solo) 44.10
PCC Rimes Cup 20.6 miles TT 55:37;
PCC 22.3miles Beardsall Cup 1:02:09, 58:07.

Went home last week hoping to do the FCA Freuchie course unfortunately it was the Cleish course. Folk say Freuchie is over a minute faster than Cleish which has a terrible surface and a dead turn. Went out a bit cautious thinking too much about the dead turn, I had marshalled the course before but never raced it. Got to the turn an instinctively unclipped After a couple of attempts I'd got clipped back in (I really should learn to clip in better ). The average had fallen from 23.9mph to 23.5mph after that Gone I thought But I was feeling good and average started to rise and it convinced me to go for it. Finished 24.56 for the 10miler a overall PB . I'm not getting carried away but folk tell me if I can do a sub 25mins at Cleish I'd do a 23mins something at Freuchie. My mate did a 24.56 at Freuchie and a 26.08 when I did my pb at Cleish last week. Looking forward to Freuchie now, unfortunately it'll have to be another year, I'm back in Peterborough

 

[Cuchilo]

Under 25 for a 10 , well done ! I'm still chasing that one second grrrrrrrr

 

[Jerry Atrik]

Know the feeling

 

[HLaB]

Under 25 for a 10 , well done ! I'm still chasing that one second grrrrrrrr

You just need to find the right course, that was the first time I've done a relatively flat and not too technical a course since I've got my TT bike. My mate who was +26mins on Cleish where I PB'd, did a sub 25mins on the Freuchie course, that's a faster one still The one up in Hull is faster still

 

[Cuchilo]

You just need to find the right course, that was the first time I've done a relatively flat and not too technical a course since I've got my TT bike. My mate who was +26mins on Cleish where I PB'd, did a sub 25mins on the Freuchie course, that's a faster one still The one up in Hull is faster still

The F11/10 is local ish to me but it takes half a day out of your life to go there . I prefer 25's . Something to get up at 4 am for ........ Tell me why i like doing this please

 

[Spartak]

After 2 years without riding a TT last night I rode the Severn RC Evening 10.

On the UC186B course.

Conditions were good if a little warm.

Managed a 24:30 which I was very pleased with :-)

 

[smutchin]

Did my first ever official race against the clock this evening, the club 10 at Betteshanger Country Park (course Q10/42).

It's a fast course, on a nice wide track, pretty flat with bends you can take at full tilt. No junctions, no traffic. On the other hand, the heat made it hard work, and my gears weren't playing nicely because I'd had to fit a spare wheel after a spoke breakage at the weekend. I wasn't anticipating doing much better than 28 minutes - in fact, I'd have been happy with anything under 30 minutes.

I actually clocked 25:48, which I'm delighted with.

I know I can go faster though, so I'm setting my sights on 25 minutes. This season.

(For some context, I think the winner tonight was not much over 20 minutes.)

ETA: It occurs to me that my time for the 10 tonight is about the same as what I've been doing for the 5km parkrun lately. This seems to bear out my theory that they are roughly equivalent events. Having said that, my PB for parkrun when I was at my fittest was 20:23 and I doubt I'll ever get that fast on the bike for a 10.

 

[smutchin]

Out of interest, what do the VTTA standards actually mean? Are they worth taking notice of?

I ask because I just checked the tables and the standard time on a 10 for my age (44) is 26:18, so it's quite gratifying to be quicker than that.

 

[mattobrien]

Managed a 23:52 on the club 10, PB by 15s and my first time under 24m for the course.

Racing on a quicker course on Saturday, so fingers crossed I might make a sub 23m

 

[HLaB]

The F11/10 is local ish to me but it takes half a day out of your life to go there . I prefer 25's . Something to get up at 4 am for ........ Tell me why i like doing this please

I must admit I find the slower sporting and irregular distance courses more fun I think this Saturday's open is a 20.8miles, if I do under 55mins for it I'll be happy

 

[mattobrien]

I had my first open on a different course yesterday and managed 22:41, which I am pretty pleased with. Still slightly down on power compared to pre holidays and beer, but a big PB. I came in 8th out of a field of 75 and if I had been 5s quicker would have made 5th.

Skinsuit now ordered as I am hoping that is worth at least 5s.

Riding the same course next Saturday, so I have a week to boost power and pace.