Weekend Time Trial
Saturday saw Stuart Stow and myself head up to Long Bennington (near Nottingham) for the Veteran’s National 10 Championship. While we successfully dodged almost all the rain it was a very exposed course in a flat area, this meant 20-30 mph head to crosswind on the way out and a howling tailwind at times on the return. I had some issues with a rebellious power meter miscalibration so went off quite a lot too hard (it was reading low) but at least it was into the wind so the effort not completely wasted though it did likely cause a weaker second half than the more ideal approach of building power into the ride. I recorded 20:20 with Stuart 22:17.
Beautiful weather on Sunday morning and the ski slope at Marlow for the High Wycombe event on the H25/2 came with the potential for some good times. The two mile gift hill is compensation for a rough and lumpy section of the A4 with a cross headwind out and some help for the return. Working hard into the wind worked well and I recorded 49:16 for the win and a new PB with Stuart in 13th with 54:17, Martin Winter 56:12 and Julie Chasin 1:02:32 for 5th in the Ladies and a PB. Stuart, Martin and myself also edged the team prize by 2 seconds after a recount.
This event has a good history and a quite unusual trophy:
