colchester rovers 47m Spoco TT

[carl f]

3 weeks ago this course was under water with the event thankfully cancelled just as i was about to be pushed off,yesterday at 8.am it was glorious sunshine but with a strong SW headwind
Last year i got caught by road works and thought i had taken the wrong route maybe loosing 2-3 mins and posting a time of 1.56
Yesterday despite feeling crap and the head wanting to dnf for the first 10 miles i eventually found a nice rhythm and finished in a very pleasing 151.31 with an av of 25.6 and 5 mins faster than last year, 4th overall out of 47 finishers
I like this event,its rolling enough to make it a spoco and passes through some nice quite Essex countryside. Your more likely to get held up by a tractor for a minute or so like i did yesterday than encounter too much traffic

Steve Dennis trounced it once again in 1.44.43



Pos Name Status Race Time
1 Steve Dennis East Grinstead C.C. V 01:44:43
2 Russell Kober Hainault R.C. S 01:48:05
3 Colin Ward Essex Roads C.C. S 01:48:59
4 Carl Ferri Addiscombe C.C. V 01:51:31
5 Ben Lewis Finsbury Park C.C. S 01:53:16
5 George Wood Maldon & District C.C. J 01:53:16
7 Nick Hastler Essex Roads C.C. V 01:53:31
8 Erron Field Chelmer C.C. S 01:54:02
9 Edward Renwick Oxford City R.C. S 01:55:12
10 Ian Bibby Finsbury Park C.C. V 01:55:35

[Mohammad L]

Cracking result Carl!

[carl f]

thanks Mo, hows the recovery going after your epic ride, been back on a bike yet?

[Mohammad L]

Yep, recovered really quickly - 2 days after finishing 24 and back on bike. Been doing 1.5hr turbos every day since Wednesday - the funny part is I've been doing them past midnight because I can't eat or drink between 2am and 9pm for approximately the next 25 days, so a very narrow time window to train. Bit annoyed because the opportunity to endurance train outdoors is null .

Nice points in the bag for the SPOCO SE - you completed all the qualifying events yet? I might consider this comp next year - might fancy some sporting tts...

[Andrew G]

Well done, lurking around the Essex lanes is a happy hunting ground for you Carl .

[carl f]

Cheers Andrew, yes i enjoy them Essex lanes you never know what you may find out there
Mo-Good to hear your back on the bike,not to late for you to enter the Spoco 50 on the 12th Aug out in Kent if you want to test out your legs again, horrible course up and down the A20
Not quite completed the qualifying rounds yet. DNFed two 50's a while ago so still got one more 50 and a 25 to go