Palace 25July - results (lack of)

[kieran]

Well only Jack and I turned up to race for ACC last night, otherwise there was a good field. The pace was high from the start (around 24mph) and stayed high until a break got away with all of the eventual winners around lap 11, the pace then dropped a bit for us in the main bunch but picked up a few laps later as we tried to close the gap but to no avail. The chase was messy and few were willing to work up front, I believe Jack and I did more than our share of the work (did the others have team members in the break?). The chasing bunch stayed together until the end where in the second last lap Jack was leading but trying hard not to, he almost slowed to a crawl to try and force the others to go up front but they were having none of it, sticking to his back wheel. Knowing that all the main placings were in the break I decided there was no point in all of this subterfuge for lower rankings and took over from Jack and lead the bunch for the final lap, dropping off for Jack to come through on the uphill section, but it was not to be as the earlier work by Jack took its toll and fresher legs won the bunch sprint in the chasing group. Not great tactics maybe but good training I'd like to think. I surprised myself later by discovering a new max heart rate recorded during the race of 204bpm, my previous max HR was 196bpm, which ahs been the max for about 4 years, indicating the effort put in leading to try and catch the bunch? or just lack of fittness? although feeling fitter than ever. Toks any opinion? Good to hear about Hillington, maybe thats what we need in Palace - an ACC team? although I'm off on holidays for the next 3 weeks so I won't be there - good luck everyone over the next few weeks.

[Toks]

Well done Kieran and Jack, how many got away?...[quote]I surprised myself later by discovering a new max heart rate recorded during the race of 204bpm, my previous max HR was 196bpm, which ahs been the max for about 4 years, indicating the effort put in leading to try and catch the bunch? or just lack of fittness? although feeling fitter than ever. Toks any opinion?

[kieran]

Hi Toks, thanks for the reply, if you look at the results on Londoncyclesport you'll see a few familiar names in the top 10, our group came in about 1min30sec or so later and only the winner of our sprint gets listed. Have you been away chasing points elsewhere??

Tim (thanks) turned up to lend his support later on, but not race due to work affecting him.

[Dr Frigo]

24mph that's bloody fast kieran, was exactly the same speed at Hillingdon last week in the 4ths - which is a much much faster circuit!

[Toks]

[quote]Have you been away chasing points elsewhere??