very very cold today!
fastest ride for me so far 22.7mph to charlswood, and i club record for the most people out...93!!!
at coulsdon south it looked like a fairly bulky training group,we set off lead by john (man in green/black), fairly good pace, just before mestham, a couple of people dropped out, i think they were annoyed we were not doing a through an off all the way or something, but im not sure !
we were mainly lead through the lanes by john, and the only rotation was between me, simon(the one on the specialized tarmac) and i think ian..(please correct me on names)...but that rotaion was for the person who had the joy of sitting on johns wheel!
we got to the duel carriage way and i felt realy fit and good today, probably the best ive ever felt!...we stood there talking a bit when hulk leg simon turned up, closely followed by i think a 19 group though im not sure, they must have been doing more than 19 though they wernt to far behind us...
anyways on the through and off , john and i broke away at a blistering pace...i pulled next to him and said we should work together to stay ahead of the pack...by working together i ment john take the lead and me follow
...we wernt doing a through and off more just taking the front and then the other person comming up when they recovered, we seamed to get away fromt he bulk of the group, but ian and hulk leg simon just managed to catch us as we got the very last round about.
screaming through the lanes we were nearly at sprinting speed, i felt absolutely on form, and as we approached the sign john made a break from the front and mullered us!!...but the real fight was between me and hulk leg simon, i put everything into it and i found my self slowly over taking him...but i had to push as hard as i could and i started making growling sounds
!! anwyays i pinched second!
(miles behind john, but just infront of simon)
good ride back a little group of us manged to get away, alan, simon specialized one, and a chap with longish hair), tom and josh, that was a pretty nice pace, unfortunatly tom and josh got dropped. we reached the church well ahead of the rest.
setting off from the church i lead out, thought i would wait for john and go into coulsdon with him, instead he bomed past me with a smile and it was the last i saw of him!...i was closely followed by a tall chap who over took me but i had him in sight...i sorted my self out and got into a rythm, slowly just at the top of the mestrem drag i caught him....only to have sylvain, hulk leg simon and simon whizz past!!...after some frantic chasing i managed to tag a wheel!!
racing into coulsdon it was anyones ride, simon hulk, sylvain,longish haird chap from earlier and simon specialized and i..it was incredibley fast!... i pushed my self as hard as i could but couldnt grab a wheel on the sprint just after the first round about...not sure who won it...sylvain, hulk leg simon and longish hair chap were in a tight bunch...i finished 4th
best ive ever felt though, at no point on the ride for the first time did i feel like dropping out WOOHOOO!
avs when i got home 21.9
cheers,
stu...