ACC Evening 10 - 12/6/07

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ACC Evening 10 - 12/6/07

Postby -Adam- » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:06 am

Well well well, cast your minds back to a passing comment by george in another thread...

[quote]I don't reckon any prima-donna sprinters could go below 6


Well lets just say us prima donna sprinters may not be able to climb as good, but we sure as hell can time trial...

Evening ten this evening, didn't feel particularly confident about it at the start as i have had three relatively hard days on the bike with the shoulder and all. So my only plan was to avoid being caught, and just see what i could do. In a PM Jon reckoned a 26 was a good time for me to aim at, so aim i did.

Started off relatively calmly, tried to get into a good rythm. The first couple of minutes were agony. But after that i settled into it and i felt ok. So i just put my head down and kept pushing...

By the half way mark i had caught my two minute man (my minute man Carl was a DNS) then i as i rounded the round-about i passed Simon O, my three minute man. I had seen sean on the other side of the roundabout shortly before i turned, but he was well out of sight and i didn't see him again until the finish.

So head down once more, just concentrating on keeping the legs turning at a metronomic average cadence of 109. Yes, thats exactly the figure i wanted! The last couple of miles seemed to fly by and i crossed the line on what i thought was 24.14, but was confirmed to be 24.22. Anyhow, my thoughts turned to the previous ACC Road Race A teams attempt to unsettle the TT'ers. Wait a minute, didnt George 'only' do 24.24.

Oh yes he bloody did! So two seconds my friend, two seconds. You can have your Box Hill challenge, ill have the Road Racers 10 best time thanks!

So as you probably gather im rather pleased with that time, especially given my shoulder is still a source of pain every now and then. And the knee isn't properly healed, which i could feel throbbing as it continued to soak another dressing.

Not bad for a 'prima donna sprinter' huh George. Oh and didn't you use tri bars!? I didnt!

C'mon!

Meanwhile the other newer Jon (Camden) nearly held off his marauding son, but still won the handicap, with his son Sam second, and myself 3rd.

I know Dave Kennett won with a time of 21.57 (which doesn't really count as he's a Paragonian :wink: ), not sure who was 2-5th but i was in at 6th beaten by Jon, and Rich V no doubt. But give me a 'proper' TT bike, and half you guy's experience and ill be snapping at your heels :P

Well, i can't think of anything else to say now, gloating over. At least till i catch up with you george! Was a great evening, all credit to Jon, Joyce, Tim and Ian, the steadiest pusher off'er ive had. (your only the third mind but i couldn't have felt more at ease while you were holding me up!) Thanks for your support guys.

Cheers,

Adam aka the 'prima donna sprinter'

I kinda like that nickname actually... Sean, it won't let me change my username to it, have you banned me or something!? It keeps saying 'that user name has been disallowed' Stop spoiling my fun!
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Postby -Adam- » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:09 am

So good i posted it twice (by accident!)
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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:22 am

[quote]Adam aka the 'prima donna sprinter'


You young whippersnapper - ask George who's the sprinter around here 8)
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Postby George » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:28 am

Well done Adam congratulations on beating my time by 2 seconds
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Indeed not bad for a prima donna sprinter.

You must have beat me in the final sprint
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Postby Jon H » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:25 am

Here are the full results:

Scratch result:

Name Club Time
Dave Kennett NORWOOD PARAGON 21.59
Jim Burdett TRISPORTNEWS 22.31
Richard Viney ADDISCOMBE CC 23.01
Jon Hemming ADDISCOMBE CC 23.27
Mark McLaughlin ADDISCOMBE CC 23.53
Adam Cotterell ADDISCOMBE CC 24.22
Chris Scarlett TRISPORTNEWS 24.39
Brian Hennessey ADDISCOMBE CC 25.29
Terry Hill ADDISCOMBE CC 26.33
Rob Royle-Evatt ADDISCOMBE CC 26.35
Daniel Gower ADDISCOMBE CC 26.49
Andrew Green ADDISCOMBE CC 26.56
Jonathan Bailey ADDISCOMBE CC 27.10
Peter Smith ADDISCOMBE CC 27.27
Alex Forbes ADDISCOMBE CC 27.58
Michael Trim ADDISCOMBE CC 28.16
Doug Shaw ADDISCOMBE CC 28.20
Farid Berbiche ADDISCOMBE CC 28.21
Jo Cushway (W) ADDISCOMBE CC 28.27
Sam Camden (Juv) ADDISCOMBE CC 28.52
Lisa Scarlett (W) TRISPORTNEWS 28.58
Sean Hogan ADDISCOMBE CC 28.58
Grant Walker ADDISCOMBE CC 29.07
Simon Osborne ADDISCOMBE CC 29.34
Carole Heritage (W) ADDISCOMBE CC 29.41
Jon Camden ADDISCOMBE CC 29.54
Robbie Lashley ADDISCOMBE CC 30.40

And Handicap result:

Jon Camden ADDISCOMBE CC 16.44
Sam Camden (Juv) ADDISCOMBE CC 17.12
Adam Cotterell ADDISCOMBE CC 18.22
Peter Smith ADDISCOMBE CC 19.07
Brian Hennessey ADDISCOMBE CC 19.29
Doug Shaw ADDISCOMBE CC 20.00
Carole Heritage (W) ADDISCOMBE CC 20.01
Chris Scarlett TRISPORTNEWS 20.09
Jo Cushway (W) ADDISCOMBE CC 20.17
Dave Kennett NORWOOD PARAGON 20.19
Jim Burdett TRISPORTNEWS 20.21
Mark McLaughlin ADDISCOMBE CC 20.23
Andrew Green ADDISCOMBE CC 20.26
Daniel Gower ADDISCOMBE CC 20.49
Grant Walker ADDISCOMBE CC 20.57
Alex Forbes ADDISCOMBE CC 21.08
Lisa Scarlett (W) TRISPORTNEWS 21.08
Jonathan Bailey ADDISCOMBE CC 21.10
Terry Hill ADDISCOMBE CC 21.43
Michael Trim ADDISCOMBE CC 22.16
Robbie Lashley ADDISCOMBE CC 22.20
Farid Berbiche ADDISCOMBE CC 22.21
Sean Hogan ADDISCOMBE CC 22.28
Jon Hemming ADDISCOMBE CC 22.37
Richard Viney ADDISCOMBE CC 23.01
Simon Osborne ADDISCOMBE CC 23.34
Rob Royle-Evatt ADDISCOMBE CC 24.15
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Postby Stu Merckx Man » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:27 am

well done chaps, and well done adam on your first tt
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Postby Sylv » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:52 am

Well done Adam, get up Box Hill in under 6"30 and you will be a complete rider.
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Postby Tamar Collis » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:50 am

Great results all round by look of it.

How many other 1st timers were there?

Carole - I don't remember seeing your name up in results before - beating evens is excellent - well done.
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Postby Maria David » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:09 pm

Sorry I couldn't have a go at the "10" last night - work and all that getting in the way (again) !

Good to see a few ladies out - well done Carole, Lisa and Jo. Looks like there could be a bit of a tussle between you 3 next time round :D . I'll try and make it too.

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Postby Andrew G » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:11 pm

A good night, didn't expect to catch Sean so getting him by the turn was very nice :D , although to be fair I could tell he wasn't on it as I approached.

I've decided to ride most of the Evening 10s on fixed to use them for fitness and any good times that come are a bonus. The advantage of fixed is that you don't let your mind wander (as I have in the past) as you've no choice but pedaling that one gear all the time with no let up, certainly focuses the mind.

For gearing fans I rode 44x14 which is 83.5" according to the CTT handbook. It seemed about right and I felt pretty good all the way round, although I know I can go a bit quicker on it, assuming the wind stays as calm as it was last night. For some reason I couldn't get my legs spinning properly on the downhill swoops so only had a max of 33.5mph from the flying finish.

All in a great turn out and as usual thanks to everyone involved, Joyce, Tim, Jon, and the mighty M for kicking my arse off the start line.

Well done to all particularly Sam who knocked 3 mins off last weeks time and caught his Dad on the line. :D

George, I think you'd go quicker without tri-bars as when you ride and hammer it along you tend to use your upper body to help deliver the power. The tri bars probably stopped you doing this as they locked your uper body in place.
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Postby Jonathan B » Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:18 pm

This was my first TT and have to say very enjoyable once I stoped riding.

Thank you to the organisers and a big thank you to Andrew for the loan of a front tyre after mine split on the way to the start.

Looking forward to the next one to see if I can beat my time.
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Postby Snoop Doug » Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:57 pm

Well done all. Great result for Mike Trim, beat me by 4 sceonds - 1st time out for him (note to self don't offer to do a pre race reccie with any more newbies :twisted: ). I'm pleased cos I got a new PB by 7 seconds. Looking forward to the Horsham 10 on the 23rd June :)

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Postby Ian A4size » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:28 pm

I had a good night as well and i was only the pusher :shock: ( nearly everyone scored 8) )
Good to have a natter with everyone,'specially as some were shaking as it was their first TT.
Just relax guys i wont drop you!
All the regular TTers were there and you could see they were happy and focused and just sped out of the "off", Rich V was so up for it he did it twice :shock: - as 29th "off" he had time to power round the course at an obscene wattage- thats why they decommisioned Waddon power station when he got a turbo :wink: .
Jim and Dave K just made the start with seconds to spare... just time to roll to the start, reset the 'puter and off, fantastic times as well, both riding lovely bikes as well, i wantoneofthose.
I also had a long chat with Joyce- "el presidente", she does so much for the club, a real unsung heroine.
Big grins all round and maybe a few retches :o from Daniel!
Good night out- endorphines released what more do you want? Beer says George!
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Postby A J C » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:08 pm

The prima donna will have a white wine :wink:





Joking, honestly!!!
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