I got to the start suffering from a bit of an adrenalin overload and feeling quite rough. For the first time ever I fluffed my start and almost rode into the start timekeeper - only quick thinking by the pusher off, who grabbed my saddle, kept me upright. After this inauspicious start it took me about ten minutes to settle down just as the rain started but luckily it stopped almost immediately. Things picked up from then on and I was just short of the halfway point when the eventual winner caught me for three minutes. My time was inside 29 mins so I knew I was going quite well at this point and knowing the course quite well I felt that the return leg wouldn't be too bad given the wind conditions. So it proved, though I was very surprised to see my computer showing me inside 57 minutes at the finish. The result board said 56:46 a PB by 31 seconds
- so smiles all the way home! Jon also went well beating his LTS time with 59:14. Where were you George?The reason for the fast time? Well I could put it down to all those long miles but I suspect my new bike had something to do with it. Yes I finally lashed out a one of those new fangled carbon aero jobs with more gears than you can shake a stick at (you only need a handful on this course) and this was my first ride in anger on it. Now all I need is a disk wheel for it...