A windy weekend saw me have a poor (by my standards) ride on Saturday in the Stone Whs event which had attracted a top class field. A full tailwind on the longer outward leg I was going well and in the top few, but my lack of recent training showed on the return leg where I faded and lost approx. a minute & a half finishing in 51:26. Still a respectable time, but only good enough for 11th place and one of my poorest placings of the season!
Sunday I had entered a local 10 on the revised Crathrone course in North Yorkshire. With roadworks on the normal turn, it mean a climb up the tough ‘Clack Bank’ and a turn round on the Northallerton.
An 08:30 start and an equally as windy morning made it a tough ride for the first 5.5 miles only averaging 25.5mph into the wind, once round the turn it was 35+ mph on the way back. I won with 21:46.
My 16th win of the season and a 20 second margin over Paul Thirling from Adept Precision RT.
Next Event Last road event of the season Team Swift 10mile Event on the Hull Course where a 5 of the team are riding in top class field.
