Pricycles

The weekend saw the first national XC race at Sherwood pines, Nottingham. I have raced here before & struggled with the pretty flat fast course, in short, I lost the midlands title here in 2008. Determined to get over the mental aspect of the venue, a less than ideal run up the the race saw dwindling fitness & less than 100% fitness. 34th out of 69 in Sport men. A harsh reminder of the demands of racing!

One of the biggest things I have lacked over my successful 2008 season is base fitness. Joining the Hereford Wheelers at the end of the winter sessions helped in the top end aspect some, but you need a good base to set it on, a base that I haven’t much of.

Of course the clocks changed at the weekend! Hurray! That now means evening time trials! The first 10 miler of my life on a gently rolling course south west of Hereford returned a 3rd place result. Although some initial discrepancies in the timing have hopefully been ironed out! Full results below.

Road Bike ‘10′ – Allensmore (C10/16) 1st April 2010

Team  Position  Name  Actual Time  Average Speed
Hfd Wheelers  1  Jon Tetley  00:25:14  23.78  ? + 45/60 secs
Hfd Wheelers  2  Andy Sparks  00:26:20  22.78  ? + 45/60 secs
Pearce Cycles  3  Dave Price  00:26:25  22.71  ? + 45/60 secs
Hfd Tri Club  4  Mark Sims  00:26:44  22.44
Hfd Tri Club  5  Steve Dudderidge  00:27:15  22.02  ? + 45/60 secs
Hfd Wheelers  6  Guy Evans  00:27:25  21.88
Hfd Wheelers  7  George Burgess  00:27:31  21.80
Climb On Bikes  8  Andy Moxon  00:27:35  21.75
Hfd Wheelers  9  Richard Williams  00:27:39  21.70  ? + 45/60 secs
Climb On Bikes  10  Paula Moseley  00:27:53  21.52  ? + 45/60 secs
Hfd Wheelers  11  Sean Bennett  00:28:07  21.34
Hfd Wheelers  12  Neil Pascoe  00:28:26  21.10  ? + 45/60 secs
Hfd Wheelers  13  Graeme Thomas  00:28:28  21.08
Hfd Wheelers  14  Chris Hughes  00:28:29 21.06
Hfd Wheelers  15  Guy Phillips  00:29:17  20.49  ? + 45/60 secs
Climb On Bikes  16  Luke Bradford  00:29:43  20.19
Hfd Tri Club  17  Chris Head  00:30:05  19.94
Hfd Wheelers  18  Simon Lawrence  00:30:18  19.80
Hfd Wheelers  19  Jimmy Hughes  00:31:18  19.17  ? + 45/60 secs
Hfd Wheelers  20  Ed Hadley  00:31:39  18.96
Hfd Wheelers  21  Owain Pascoe  00:31:48  18.87  ? + 45/60 secs
Hfd Wheelers  22  Mike Parry  00:34:09  17.57
Hfd Tri Club  23  Simon Lind  00:34:23  17.45
Hfd Wheelers  24  Wendy Howells  00:36:35 16.40
Hfd Wheelers  25  Huw Powell  00:36:43  16.34
Hfd Wheelers  26  Luke Williams  DNF Puncture

Over the 4 day Easter weekend I shall be clocking some miles, see you around?!

Pricer

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