Surrey League - Ottershaw Series - 14/21/28 October

[Keith]

Not surprisingly, this guy - [url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/points?person_id=16351&year=2012&d=4]David Clark, Node4[/url] - won.

Me? Happy with 7th.

[Keith]

45+ riders. Accommodation Road circuit. 14 laps to go showing 1st time over the line.

Pace was pretty hot for the first 3 or so laps as a riders tried to establish a break. Pedal Heaven were out in numbers. Eventually 6 went clear including David Clark, 2 Pedal Heaven and 1 Felt, so things settled down a little in the bunch.

The main breakaway gained a couple of minutes on the bunch, with 5 staying clear. I managed to get in a late 3 man break with 2 laps to go, and we managed to stay clear of the bunch.

Accommodation Road is a little rolling, with one near stop-start bend, so after 14 laps it took its toll on the legs. As one rider put it, 60 miles seems a long way in October.

As an aside, it was good to catch up with Carl Ferri, competing in his first open road race.

[url=http://ukcyclesport.com/road-racing/6745-surrey-league-ottershaw-1-2012]Results[/url]

1 ) David Clarke - Node4/Giodana
2 ) Paul Pickup - PedalHeaven RT
3 ) David Creggen - "
4 ) Andy Betts - Felt/Colbournes
5 ) Anthony Moye - Velo29
6 ) Simon Henley - Team Corley Cycles
7 ) Keith Lea - Addiscombe CC
8 ) Neil Edwards - BCPM
9 ) Malcolm Davies - Aprire Bicycle RT
10) Neil Heffernan - Inverse RT
11) Peter Allan - BCPM
12) Harold Evans - VO2 Development Team
13) Allan Ridler - PedalHeaven RT
14) Adam Cotterell - Zappi CC
15) Rob Orr - Velo29

[Andrew G]

Another good result Keith, and another nice little slip away in a break. Good work fella.

[Amy]

Well done again, Keith - you're doing better than the defending champion

[Toks]

Thats a pretty decent result, Keith, Chapeau Its great to see your still flying the Road Race flag for ACC. Are you still training with a PM these days? If so, whats your threshold power looking like at this time of the year?

[quote="Amy"]..... you're doing better than the defending champion

[Toks]

Thanks for sharing dude. I will definitley be racing for ACC next year? A bike fit with the www.thebikewhisperer.co.uk and physio has helped loads so I will try to get going again next month. Its been the biggest year for Cycling in Britain and more inspirational than ever and I've only managed about 21 days of riding/training for the whole year Nevermind I'll be back

[quote="Keith"][quote="Amy"]..... you're doing better than the defending champion

[quote="Keith"][quote="Keith"][quote="Amy"]..... you're doing better than the defending champion