Busy weekend of TTing for me.
First off the Mixed 2UP TT down at Ringwood, New Forest. Been going for an umber of years, quite a flat course, but very bumpy all along. I was riding with a girl from our club, and was confident we could do a good time. At the start line, I said this was the most nervous I'd felt in a long time for a TT, which my partner Kirsty just laughed at. She was in good spirits and she started off quickly with me calling her back off the start as I got into the right gear. Kirsty took the first 1.5 minutes, I took over for a couple then she took the next minute, I accidently went past her due to traffic at this point, and sat on the front, after about a minute, I heard the shout and she was struggling to hold at my slightly increased pace, so I eased it back a bit and this meant I had the front for the rest of the run.
I had good power and was occasionally checking behind, few wobbly moments due to the cross wind with the 808, but a good run, chasing down the Mixed record of 22:12. We eventually came in 22:51, which bagged us second place on the day and £20 each, which I was very happy with.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1129869395
Then onto this morning and local league event. Legs were a bit draggy, and had a rubbish night sleep, so was happy to get round. 2 laps of 13.1 miles, making it a Marathon! I started off carefully as it is immediately into the first climb, keeping in the tuck all the way up at 265W or so. I thought I was going ok taking the descent well even with its bumpiness, until I got overtaken by my club mate and then another rider in quick succession. I managed to keep these guys in sight for the next 5 or 6 miles, and slowly lost them a bit on the second climb. On the second big descent I got stuck behind a tractor about half way down, this played into my hands as it carried on to the final flat section, so I caught a drag all the way through and powered through to finish. Bagging 5th place in the end.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1130973770
This meant I finished I think 6th overall and helped our club achieve 2nd after the 7 events.
Pretty pooped now following a 200mile week including 100 off road for the South Downs on Monday. No events for a few more weeks, and probably only a few more before Cross season starts!
First off the Mixed 2UP TT down at Ringwood, New Forest. Been going for an umber of years, quite a flat course, but very bumpy all along. I was riding with a girl from our club, and was confident we could do a good time. At the start line, I said this was the most nervous I'd felt in a long time for a TT, which my partner Kirsty just laughed at. She was in good spirits and she started off quickly with me calling her back off the start as I got into the right gear. Kirsty took the first 1.5 minutes, I took over for a couple then she took the next minute, I accidently went past her due to traffic at this point, and sat on the front, after about a minute, I heard the shout and she was struggling to hold at my slightly increased pace, so I eased it back a bit and this meant I had the front for the rest of the run.
I had good power and was occasionally checking behind, few wobbly moments due to the cross wind with the 808, but a good run, chasing down the Mixed record of 22:12. We eventually came in 22:51, which bagged us second place on the day and £20 each, which I was very happy with.https://www.strava.com/activities/1129869395
Then onto this morning and local league event. Legs were a bit draggy, and had a rubbish night sleep, so was happy to get round. 2 laps of 13.1 miles, making it a Marathon! I started off carefully as it is immediately into the first climb, keeping in the tuck all the way up at 265W or so. I thought I was going ok taking the descent well even with its bumpiness, until I got overtaken by my club mate and then another rider in quick succession. I managed to keep these guys in sight for the next 5 or 6 miles, and slowly lost them a bit on the second climb. On the second big descent I got stuck behind a tractor about half way down, this played into my hands as it carried on to the final flat section, so I caught a drag all the way through and powered through to finish. Bagging 5th place in the end.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1130973770
This meant I finished I think 6th overall and helped our club achieve 2nd after the 7 events.
Pretty pooped now following a 200mile week including 100 off road for the South Downs on Monday. No events for a few more weeks, and probably only a few more before Cross season starts!
