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nationals on sunday

Sportive for me, 100 miles in the Cheshire Cat.
Forecast isn't the best I've ever seen...

Nationals, is that Sherwood Pines?

Yes. Sherwood Pines. Apparently a mudfest. Not looking forward to it much. Its going to be hard.

Fell off twice the other day, all this rain on top of two weeks dry hardpacked surface is a racing nightmare.

M&D 10 mile time trial tomorrow. I'll prob do a steady 30 miles out to warm up.

If I have time, I'll sneak onto the Cheshire Cat to get a century in before Flanders next week.

First Questars Adventure Race of the year in the New Forest for me.

wasnt planning to BUT

just noticed there is a 18mile time trial starting at 10am from near here

will likely ride out and try and buy my way into that on the line. Failing that ill take a camera and take some photos i think

dont have my (just purchased) TT bike nor my tri bars in aberdeen with me so itll be my scrappy road bike - be interesting to see what i can get without em !

dont have my (just purchased) TT bike nor my tri bars in aberdeen with me so itll be my scrappy road bike - be interesting to see what i can get without em !

Only ever ride TTs in the drops - old school..! 😀

Scoured the calender and there's nothing local. Yet come late April onwards I could race four times a week on my doorstep.
Talk about 'all dressed up and nowhere to go'

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OMITN i bought that earlier this week - just a shame it wont be here till later next week.

this TT i found was purely by chance had no idea it was on

had i had my 50t ring for the fixie id have rigged that up for a laugh....

woop few phone calls , im in and im getting tri bars for the ride !

now to make the old OCR as low as i can - spacers out flipped stem and we are OFF

my lungs will hate me 18miles and 285metres of climbing/decending

good event , horrible headwinds along the back straight/climb - seems to be a good 5 or 6 mins slower than last years event

winner did 43/44mins i got 48.30 on my road bike - cant wait to get the above beast !

trail_rat - WTF is that saddle? Evil..! 😯

Windiest 10 I have done for a long time, so a time I definitely won't be making public.

My riding in the drops did me no good either - I was described by a clubmate who passed me ( 😳 ) as looking like I was on a club run with a number on my jersey. Oh, the shame....

Yet come late April onwards I could race four times a week on my doorstep.

There's more midweek road racing than I can shake a stick at. At exactly the same time I start a new job where my contracted hours require me to be there until at least 6pm. All the races start at 7pm, and are a good 45 mins drive (if I'm lucky) 🙁