Will1985
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- Location
- South Norfolk
We don't seem to have a thread like the Your ride today thread in cafe. IIRC walker used to do some good write ups before he moved out to Australia.
Put your race reports from road, TT, MTB etc here.
I'll be adding reports from TTs and circuit races.
Anyway, I had an early start this morning for a local open 10 mile TT on the B10/43. I'd already raced last weekend where I matched last season's 25 PB and knocked 31 seconds off my 10 PB in a couple of windy rides.
There was a field of 110 riders on the start list. I was down on a *6 (which wasn't too bad given that I haven't ridden any fast course), although I knew that I was quicker than a couple of the *5s on this particular stretch of road. I also had a huge carrot a minute in front of me in the form of a guy who I used to match for times last season. The differences this year are that I've totally refined my position, and not had any crashes hindering training in the first 3 months of the year!
The course was slightly damp with a crosswind/slight tailwind on the outward leg. The start was clear of traffic and I quickly got up to speed and in the bars. After 1km I looked down at the Garmin to see I was doing 46km/h and flying. My speed increased on a slight downhill section and I was turning 53x14 around 100rpm. Coming up to the turn I had my minute man in my sights, entering the roundabout 15 seconds after him. It was a tight turn and I completely fluffed it, probably because I was distracted by the amount of time I'd gained. The next kilometre was pretty slow having turned back into the wind and I think I let him go out a bit until we reached an uphill drag at 12km.
I dropped a gear and tried to spin faster turning fully into the wind and it worked. 500 metres before the end and going through a pinch point traffic island I came level with him. At this point a car horn sounded behind and a towed caravan appeared in my peripheral vision, swinging back in front of me. A totally illegal manoevre given the solid bordered hatching and driving over a turning lane, but I managed to get a bit of a tow for a second until riding onto the finish line. Ended up with another PB of 22:43, finishing 8th and beating some fast names.
It's a promising start to the season and I can't wait to get onto the faster courses.
Attached is a shot from my 25 last Saturday - main bike upgrades from last year are the disc wheel and 3T aerobars. Best thing however is the skinsuit - it stands out and draws positive comments. There are also pictures from today on mphotography.co.uk, page 8.
Put your race reports from road, TT, MTB etc here.
I'll be adding reports from TTs and circuit races.
Anyway, I had an early start this morning for a local open 10 mile TT on the B10/43. I'd already raced last weekend where I matched last season's 25 PB and knocked 31 seconds off my 10 PB in a couple of windy rides.
There was a field of 110 riders on the start list. I was down on a *6 (which wasn't too bad given that I haven't ridden any fast course), although I knew that I was quicker than a couple of the *5s on this particular stretch of road. I also had a huge carrot a minute in front of me in the form of a guy who I used to match for times last season. The differences this year are that I've totally refined my position, and not had any crashes hindering training in the first 3 months of the year!
The course was slightly damp with a crosswind/slight tailwind on the outward leg. The start was clear of traffic and I quickly got up to speed and in the bars. After 1km I looked down at the Garmin to see I was doing 46km/h and flying. My speed increased on a slight downhill section and I was turning 53x14 around 100rpm. Coming up to the turn I had my minute man in my sights, entering the roundabout 15 seconds after him. It was a tight turn and I completely fluffed it, probably because I was distracted by the amount of time I'd gained. The next kilometre was pretty slow having turned back into the wind and I think I let him go out a bit until we reached an uphill drag at 12km.
I dropped a gear and tried to spin faster turning fully into the wind and it worked. 500 metres before the end and going through a pinch point traffic island I came level with him. At this point a car horn sounded behind and a towed caravan appeared in my peripheral vision, swinging back in front of me. A totally illegal manoevre given the solid bordered hatching and driving over a turning lane, but I managed to get a bit of a tow for a second until riding onto the finish line. Ended up with another PB of 22:43, finishing 8th and beating some fast names.
It's a promising start to the season and I can't wait to get onto the faster courses.
Attached is a shot from my 25 last Saturday - main bike upgrades from last year are the disc wheel and 3T aerobars. Best thing however is the skinsuit - it stands out and draws positive comments. There are also pictures from today on mphotography.co.uk, page 8.
. I was on drops OK but nothing special and I had a Marshall desperately trying to tell me to go left when I wanted to go straight home. I know it was snowing but I didn't have a big number on my chest/ bike 
