Banbury Star CC, 13 Mile solo time trial

Today I yet again did a personal best time of 33:38 and that was 58 seconds off my personal best time. Today it was mostly cross winds that where a bit strong but that did not stop me from trying my hardest. Today I was number 31 which surprised me but that gave me time to warm up. After I started I got overtaken by one person and when I was in the last 3 or 4 miles I could see my minute man. Just as I was coming to the line I was a few seconds behind him but as hard as I tried to catch him I couldn't, he was just too fast. All in all I would say today was a good day in the saddle again.

Times are here

Banbury Star CC, 13 Mile solo time trial, beating my personal best time

Sorry no picture today

Today's 13 mile solo time trial was the best I've done because my previous personal best time was 36 mins and 08 secs and my new personal best is 34 mins and 36 secs. I'm very pleased with that and can't wait to do some more training. Today I had a very good day in the saddle, and between mile 4 and 5 I overtook my minute man (well woman, who at the end of last season was about the same time as me) and then left her and just powered to the finsh line. With about 2 or 3 miles left I got overtaken by the person who started after me but I managed to keep the gap between us the same then on the last down hill I overtook him but then he overtook me on the hill.

But I would say to day was a good day because I overtook 3 people in the time trial and only got overtaken by 1 person who I then over took but then over took me again

The times are here

Two road races today

Race one
The first race today was only youth A rider on a nice track at Solihull , but in a few places the wind did catch me a bit. But I came away with a top ten place, I got 9th and glad of it. The race was hard and fast to start with and so I got droped but I worked up to someone and stayed behind him and then as we got laped I got on to the back of the main group and stayed with them for a few laps and then got droped again. I worked to the line by myself for 2 or 3 laps and got 9th.

Race two
The second race of the day was just as hard as the first but it was only 20 laps and the under 14 started half a lap before us. I didn't feel too bad but as we where racing I got droped again and continued cycling but I was with some one else so it was a bit easier; however 3 miles in I got out of the saddle to try and keep up with someone and I broke my bike, the cassette lock ring had come lose and as soon as I tried to give it some power the chain rings spun around and I had to stop because there was not time to fix it and that's where my races finished. When I got home it was fixed without much work so that was good.


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Banbury Star CC, 13 Mile solo time trial

Today's 13 mile solo was windy but i managed to do a personal best of 36 minutes and 08 seconds which is my fastest time on that course. I started 4th and got over taken by number 5 but apart from that i think i did OK. on the last road which was about 6 miles long (I think) there was a head wind which made things hard going but I still managed to keep the average speed over 20 mph.

For the times click here

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Banbury star 13 mile 2up time trial

Last nights time trial was a 2up and I had to do it with my dad, it was a bit windy out there. I was number 4 and my dad was number 3; we where the second team to start and after we started we caught the 2 people who started before us and did a fast time of 35 minutes and 5 seconds which was a good time for us because there was a few small hills to get over and it was a bit windy.

The times for the time trial http://www.banburystar.co.uk/results2009/08042009.html

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First time trial of the season today

sorry no picture today my mum forgot to take one

Today was my first time trial of the season with the Stratford CC and it was a flat 5 miles. The time today was 14 minuets and 45 seconds. I felt good today my time was not too bad with over 20 mph avage speed, my target was faster than 15 minuets and i beat it.

if you click on the link below you will see my time

http://www.stratfordcc.co.uk/racing_tt_results.asp?RaceID=31