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.
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Good job Tone, have to get a recovery in again soon dude?
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