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How was the 12hr TiRed? You looked good.
I had absolutely no intention of doing any form of competition this year, but one of my lads was riding a club 10 last week so I nicked my other son's TT bike and had a ride. 25:54 on a very rural course, 3.5 mins behind fastest rider on the night (and 2 minutes slower than my son!).
Felt good pinning a number on a again and despite the pedestrian time I am probably going to do it again in a couple of weeks time.
I haven't been on this thread much this year but still TTing. YRC 50 for me yesterday - I paced it really nicely to pick up a PB and a prize for 2nd lady. Not a huge field admittedly, but I realised that I also rode at a faster average speed than the 2nd lady in the 25 which pleased me greatly.
Just one ride for us on the tandem this season, hilly club 10 some time back on a windy night. Disappointing result with our worst ever time, top woman was a couple of mins ahead and she's never beaten us before! Should be fit in principle but haven't been riding much (mostly running).
Aiming to do one or two of the vet/tandem national champs events later in the season but not expecting much given the lack of prep/focus. Maybe it will all come back in time, who knows...
Rode the Kent valley ten event at the weekend on the Levens course in Cumbria - never ridden a fast course before so glued on a front corsa speed for the occasion, and was hoping to go under 23. Didn't feel confident on the outward leg as I was really labouring into a headwind, definite thoughts of 'remind me why I just drove 3 hours to do this' creeping in, but managed to hold it together and hit the turn just slightly down on pace. Coming back felt a lot better, and I leathered it home for a 22.35, new PB by a minute.
Despite being mentally all over the shop on the ride, overall power was highest this season, so probably judged it reasonably well for a first go at a course.
Had a first crack at a 25 a couple of weeks back, did one of the Cheshire courses at 2 and a half minutes over the hour. Found this really encouraging, as I thought a 25 would be hell on wheels given how hard tens feel. Wasn't quite that bad, so put the effort needed for a ten in a different perspective.
Hard course, road surface very poor. Felt better than last year. 282 miles.
I rode the Kent DC Q100 last weekend as a kit fettle, used a bladder and food bag - took it relatively steady with a 3:58 and an NP of 220. Yesterday managed an NP of 212 due to the bump in the middle of the course.
I planned the Q100 as the middle third of my 12. But the wind was right down the course yesterday, so out very fast and fight back into the wind - I switched to an even pacing for 12 hours. Average HR was 140 as expected.
Paced on 12 times 38 km autolaps and a Garmin virtual partner at 37.8 kmh. He rode well - and I kept apace until two hours to go when my last food stop put be 02:30 behind. Worked really hard to bring him back and caught him on the last lap with one of my strongest efforts (I always like to finish hard). Beat him by two minutes 😀 . Felt better than last year too, only two short cramp twinges. When the speed was down going back into the wind, I minded myself that on average, 200 watts would see me to the distance. Aero, aero, aero!
Kudos to the guy who rode both events fixed. I'd like to ride some longer TTs on my fixed bike, but the headwind yesterday was brutal.
Ive been doing some 10s.
Totally course dependant I know, I’m running a mid 22 for 300w. The surface is meh, with 6 roundabouts to negotiate!
Did my first 25 at the start of the month, 57 for 275w after I was going to cramp and backing off for the last 15 minutes. Might have one gel next time I do one after 20 mins. Got a lot coming up at the end of June/July on a faster course.
I won’t improve much on my 10 time, a high 21 on the same course is the best I can hope for I think.
Anyone in action at the weekend? I rode the Bynea CC 25 event in S Wales on the super rapid R25 course - the winner (Stuart Travis) posting 44.59 (sixth fastest 25 in history?), so fair to say it was a fast day! Really hot and still. Somewhat down the field from that, I rolled home in 56.21 - pb by a mile. Actually felt good going out, but the last 5 coming in was savage against a bit of a gradient, average speed felt like it was bleeding out.
Great experience to ride such a fast course - credit to the organisers for running an overflow event, which lets less experienced riders (like me) have a crack at it. Now need to see if I can get under the hour on my local stuff in Cheshire, which I think is going to be more of a long term project.
I rode the Holmfirth 10 - £10 for first female V40. Very windy - strong tailwind out and strong headwind back.
On Thursday it was our club 25 mile championships. Tom Pidcock turned up and took 40 seconds off the one lap (12.5 mile) course record which has stood for years.
RIP Corsa speed - blew it up on a pothole 1 mile into a 25 last night. Flippin annoying as it was a nice night - on a roundabout and a car on my left made to pull out, then braked, took me off my line and I cased the front wheel right over the pothole.
Tough running light tubs atm over our neglected roads. Think I'll go rd 2 with another corsa, but if that doesn't last it'll have to be a tubeless wheelset.