This weekend i had entered the Nigel Measom Memorial stage race but i was last reserve and simply would not get a ride.
I decided to do a long ride so i set off at 08:00am and rode aound the Banbury Star's 13 mile course before i met Rob so i effectively done an hour before i met him we then rode around the edgehill,shutford,epwell,brailes,radway bishops itchington,southam loop then continued with an edgehill hooknorton adderbury add on to give me grand total of 103 miles in 5 hours and 5 minutes 20.5 mph ave.
Sunday 3 May 2009
Reading CC road race 80km.
I like to race cant be doing with wankers who sit in so when i had the opportunity to break the field i took it.
I started whats called an echelon that effectively is done when it is particually windy it did the trick but left me knackered i clung on up the climb but again started the final climb on the final lap to far down the field to win but finished 10th so again if i had been in a strong position then i would of won or come very close so i know i am tacticly naive but i reckon that will come with races.
I started whats called an echelon that effectively is done when it is particually windy it did the trick but left me knackered i clung on up the climb but again started the final climb on the final lap to far down the field to win but finished 10th so again if i had been in a strong position then i would of won or come very close so i know i am tacticly naive but i reckon that will come with races.
Bridgnorth Road Race 85km Norman Southall Memorial.
Bridgnorth normally strikes fear into the hearts of road cyclist as the terrain is normally quite tough so it was no surprise that this particular course was very challenging.
The bunch was met by an extremely cold morning so i decided to done full fingered gloves and knee warmers.
The race was quite an active one but there was a few superficial attacks that came to nothing so i decided that i would just be attentive and cover the moves.We did the first lap and nothing really happened this was good so it gave me the opportunity to check out the circuit as i have never done it before.
Lap 2 there was a few attacks that i managed to cover but it was the final climb of the lap that was going to be the decider a 5 switchback climb of 1:6 sections to the village of Brompton that was going to thin the field out.
Lap 3 (final lap) the first climb of the lap brought a stange episode i chased down a guy who was drifting off the front looked behind and we had opened up a good gap we decided to persevere we gained 30 seconds relitively quickly but after about 6 miles we got chased down.
The final 3 km i got myself in a great position then all of a sudden 40 riders crossed the double white lines to gain an unfair advantage i started the final climb almost at the back i charged up the climb and finished 15th if i had held my position were would i of finished....we will never know!!!
The bunch was met by an extremely cold morning so i decided to done full fingered gloves and knee warmers.
The race was quite an active one but there was a few superficial attacks that came to nothing so i decided that i would just be attentive and cover the moves.We did the first lap and nothing really happened this was good so it gave me the opportunity to check out the circuit as i have never done it before.
Lap 2 there was a few attacks that i managed to cover but it was the final climb of the lap that was going to be the decider a 5 switchback climb of 1:6 sections to the village of Brompton that was going to thin the field out.
Lap 3 (final lap) the first climb of the lap brought a stange episode i chased down a guy who was drifting off the front looked behind and we had opened up a good gap we decided to persevere we gained 30 seconds relitively quickly but after about 6 miles we got chased down.
The final 3 km i got myself in a great position then all of a sudden 40 riders crossed the double white lines to gain an unfair advantage i started the final climb almost at the back i charged up the climb and finished 15th if i had held my position were would i of finished....we will never know!!!
Sunday 12 April 2009
Great Milton Road race
Last weekend the 5th of April i raced the Great Milton Road Race as i said in my previous post i had every intention to attack from the drop of the flag and that is precisely what i did.
The flag went in and i went i was joined by a couple of riders but we where soon closed down these antics went on for a good half a lap untill it settled down.
The problem with Great Milton is the course isnt flat enough to deter the bunch from chasing so to be honest the like minded riders such as myself knew that we werent gonna get away.
Had a move on the 2nd lap that got about 20 seconds but with 5 km to go some guy clipped off when we got caught and the fucking bunch didnt chase him ironically he won......piss!!
Didnt race this weekend chose instead to do an hours tempo Saturday and 4.5 hours in the Cotswold hills today proper hilly taking in Broadway hill (bastard) loads and loads of hills in an around the cotswolds Saintbury hill (fucking bastard!!) was the toughest of the day but by the time myself and Calvin got back to Banbury we had done around 80 miles and were suitably knackered!!
The flag went in and i went i was joined by a couple of riders but we where soon closed down these antics went on for a good half a lap untill it settled down.
The problem with Great Milton is the course isnt flat enough to deter the bunch from chasing so to be honest the like minded riders such as myself knew that we werent gonna get away.
Had a move on the 2nd lap that got about 20 seconds but with 5 km to go some guy clipped off when we got caught and the fucking bunch didnt chase him ironically he won......piss!!
Didnt race this weekend chose instead to do an hours tempo Saturday and 4.5 hours in the Cotswold hills today proper hilly taking in Broadway hill (bastard) loads and loads of hills in an around the cotswolds Saintbury hill (fucking bastard!!) was the toughest of the day but by the time myself and Calvin got back to Banbury we had done around 80 miles and were suitably knackered!!
Friday 3 April 2009
New bike.
Here it is the new beast.
Having only ridden it for 4 hours i can say it is a real treat climbs beautifly cos it only weighs 6.9kgs.
Racing on it this weekend so full report to follow!
Having only ridden it for 4 hours i can say it is a real treat climbs beautifly cos it only weighs 6.9kgs.
Racing on it this weekend so full report to follow!
Monday 30 March 2009
Bill Jinks Memorial Road Race.
After last weeks TT i was confident i could do a good ride at the Bill Jinks RR my weeks training had gone ok but the wind had been a factor thus resigning me to the turbo trainer for an hour and a half on Thursday.
Got to the race late....bad start!! So only managed a really short warm up 5 minutes....not enough!!
Race started like a bullet but i thought if i ride at the back i can warm into it anyway 10 riders clipped off the front and we didnt see them again 64 miles of chasing for fuck all!!
This will not happen this weekend Great milton RR hit em hard from the start and dont let them breathe!!
Got to the race late....bad start!! So only managed a really short warm up 5 minutes....not enough!!
Race started like a bullet but i thought if i ride at the back i can warm into it anyway 10 riders clipped off the front and we didnt see them again 64 miles of chasing for fuck all!!
This will not happen this weekend Great milton RR hit em hard from the start and dont let them breathe!!
A5 Rangers 15.5 mile hilly
Last weekend brought a slight change to the scheduled road race programme were i decided i would do a 15.5 mile hilly time trial.
Saturday brought a beautiful morning but slightly breezy to tackle the 15.5 mile hilly circuit in Towcester i got to the HQ and set my turbo trainer up in readiness for my intensive warmup.
The warmup in a Time trial is probably one of the most crucial parts of the race as in order to start hard you must already be up to race temperature ensuring you see race pace heartrates for a small proportion of the warmup.
The race started and the first 7 miles i really didnt get going at all plus riding into a headwind was quite hard when i turned off the A5 and headed towards Weedon hill the wind was more of a cross wind and i knew if i could just keep the rythum i had when i got to the last 3 miles it would be a back wind and i would be flying caught all the riders in front of me even a guy from the 1st event.
By the last section of the ride i was going well and nailed the decents so hard i managed a massive speed wobble so must of been going over 50mph i crossed the line in 38:31 only 20 seconds of my best for this course and finished 3rd overall so not a bad days work.
Sunday i did 4 hours and 15 minutes of base work which was exactly what the doctor ordered.
Saturday brought a beautiful morning but slightly breezy to tackle the 15.5 mile hilly circuit in Towcester i got to the HQ and set my turbo trainer up in readiness for my intensive warmup.
The warmup in a Time trial is probably one of the most crucial parts of the race as in order to start hard you must already be up to race temperature ensuring you see race pace heartrates for a small proportion of the warmup.
The race started and the first 7 miles i really didnt get going at all plus riding into a headwind was quite hard when i turned off the A5 and headed towards Weedon hill the wind was more of a cross wind and i knew if i could just keep the rythum i had when i got to the last 3 miles it would be a back wind and i would be flying caught all the riders in front of me even a guy from the 1st event.
By the last section of the ride i was going well and nailed the decents so hard i managed a massive speed wobble so must of been going over 50mph i crossed the line in 38:31 only 20 seconds of my best for this course and finished 3rd overall so not a bad days work.
Sunday i did 4 hours and 15 minutes of base work which was exactly what the doctor ordered.
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