8 people in the training group today, and a good fast one.
started off softly up the duel carriage way, and stayed that way up untill the big first hill bit...i was feeling rather good so i decided to attack the hill, george latched onto my wheel and the rest of the group followed, soon i was over taken and then had to fight to stay in the running !!
as we hit the lanes george and paul did the majority of the work as i think the rest of us were a bit reluctant (i was)...but when it came our way the rest of us did a turn.
as we reached newdigate all seemed good untill we had to stop suddenly because a of a van pulling out, i started skidding towards a parked car-(i think i got a new max heart rate)...the bike wouldnt slow down and i was getting ready for a spectacular role over the car like james bond....miraculasely i stopped JUST within about half a foot from the car-(that was failed break in one sense of the word).
nice steady fast ride from there untill we hit the wooded hill before rusper, i heard george and paul talking about making a spectacular break like last week..i was ready!....sure enough a big clunk of gears and george bommed past me, i shouted out not to let them get away and was pleasantly supprised when the blonde chap infront of me responded with a galant turn of speed to latch on to the wheel of paul, i closely followed (that was the falied break in the other sense).
lungs bursting, and legs burning it quietened down through rusper....that is untill we reached the hills leading up to the duel carriage way, i was leading up at the bottom when again there was the dreaded sound of gears clunking to the small rings, and this time paul bommed past me followed by george..i went after them and they inched away but thankfully the blond chap was hot on there wheels and so i managed to get onto his-(the other break failior).
nice through and off building up some good speed..as we hit the lanes before charlswood it all kicked off again...i thought i would byde my time and so held onto the back, then a chap i have not met before that was in the group made a huge push at the front and sacrifised himself to lead us into the sprint.. paul put an out of the saddle effort about 400m away, i stuck to his wheel, and with perhaps 150 yards to go i pulled out next to him and started to edge past him...it was mine i thought !!.....but then i heard some deep breaths coming up on my right...IT WAS GEORGE!!..he beat me to the line by about a bike length-i had to settle with 2nd..
on the way back i went it alone untill the church..heading off from the church i made a break, unfortunatly getting cought at some lights when a cyclist whizzed past me (im not sure if he was part of the club)..so i latched onto his wheel and he lead me to the mestham drag, form there i pulled out from his wheel to break away, unfortunatly siimon was behind me, i thought-'ah thats good we can make a break together'...
so he pulled out from behind me to do what i thought was just his turn at the front but he just kept going the same speed he pulled out at !!!-i was to drained to stick to his wheel and so just tried to keep a staedy pace going up..then dave kennet (i think) came past my like lightening to catch simon...dam i was never going to catch both of them together!
into chasing zone i went and slowly as we started to decend i made some good ground...YES I WAS NEARLY THERE!...one look back from simon and they were gone again...i cought them up at some lights and simon and i had a good sprint to the by pass..
the rest of the group cought up and the club went over togther, led by our cpt monty-->arms up high and letting his presence be known!! (very nice road over the bye pass).
avs when i got home 21.6
cheers,
stu