RTTC National Champs 10 mile

Me just after the finish

Today was the national 10 mile time trial championships hosted by Stratford CC, on a very hot day! After warming up on the turbo and drinking loads I felt OK and when I had ridden around a bit I headed to the start and stood in the shade a bit. Once I started I got up to speed quick and tried to stay there, along the dual carriageway I had no problems just a straight run out and back it was even clear at both roundabouts. However coming up the small drag I was starting to suffer and near the top I was over taken by a rider (the first and only to over take me). as I turned off heading for the finish line I was giving as much as I could and in the last mile I hurt more going down the hill than going up. I crossed the line in a time of 22:56 a new PB and club junior record.

Michael Hutchinson the winner of the mens

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Banbury Star CC 13 mile solo with a new PB

Me at the start

Today was the club 13 mile TT and it was a warm night so after I did my warm up I felt OK. Once I started I felt I kept a good speed going. When I was ridding I felt like there was no wind and that might of helped. Todays ride I over took 6 people with a time of 30:15 a new PB and club junior record.

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Banbury star CC club 13

Me at the finish

Today was the club 13 mile time trial and it was very painful because it was a slow night. the wind was not relay very strong but was not helping in many places. I was overtaken by two car after a few miles in and could see a person a head and the two cars did not overtake the person ahead off me so as the road went up I was caching these cars (behind the rider) very quick and I sat up and as the road went down I quickly put it in a high gear and overtook one and pulled in checked the road ahead was still clear then overtook the other and the passed the rider, and continued on my way but these two cars overtook me again then stopped at the end of the road but I managed to get passed OK. and then I got passed by a rider a minute off after me and the it was plain sailing all the way to the finish as I pushed hard to do a time of 30:52 4 seconds off my PB.

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open 10 on the K33 again

Today was a very wet, cold and windy time trial it was only 10 miles but not very nice. As I started I thought I was going well until I turned around at the round about and found out I had a tail wind for the last few miles. Once I turned off out of the head wind and started going up a bit of a hill part I felt I was going at a better speed then into the head wind once I turned off on to the down hill bit to the finish I pass a rider and sat up a took the last bend very carefully (just like all the others bends) and tried to push as hard as I could for the finish line.

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corley cycles series round 3

Today was a hard race at Milton Keynes bowl, the race went though the car park out the back and was an extremely fast pace and after about a lap I was a bit far down in the group and some splits started and I got dropped and so did over people. I then spent most of the race just trying to stay with groups that had also been dropped, as we hit the hill for the last time I was third in line and the rider in front of me started moving out and sprinting so I stayed on his wheel but as we got closer to the finish line I did not have it in the legs to keep going so a few pasted me but I don't think I was last in the race.

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Banbury star CC first club 10 of the year

Today was the first club 10 mile time trial of the year and my third so far this year. The wind was very strong on the way out the more up hill part of the course so going out was very hard, coming back was very fast due to the tail wind and it being more down hill. The last hill was a 10% short and sharp hill, and as I got near the top I started to get cramp in my right calf muscle but as I sat down the pain went away. coming to the finish was a good because it sloped down a bit and a tail wind just as I crossed the line I stopped pedaling and free wheeled for quite a while

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coventry CC open 10

At the start

Today was a 10 mile TT by Coventry CC and it was very nice and sunny but a little cold. The course was very flat looking but ridding it was very hard because it was up and down slopes, but I think I had a good ride because on the way out I caught a person and on the way back I gave as much as I could for the last half. just after the finish I felt like the time went very quick, my time was 24 mins and 6 seconds (over took one person and did not get passed).

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