Kingston Pheonix 10

[Andrew G]

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For some reason I'd thought it would be a good idea to ride two 10s in a day. The Kent one at bloody hell o'clock, and then this Pheonix one with a 2pm start. Kingston stuff is always very well organised, so no problems here

I wasn't sure how I'd go as either the morning effort would have got my legs spinning a treat, or I'd blow up spectacularly. My Dad rode down to support the Agreeables at this so we had a bit of support.

Did a proper warm up for once (normally my warm up is pathetic and consists of just riding to the start line )

Under starters orders and I was off. I was pushing along pretty well and felt okay, no grumbles, other than you'd expect, from the legs. Had a bit of a tail wind so the ride out was quite rapid.

After the turn there was a nasty little head wind between the turn and Beare Green roundabout, so miles 5-7 were a real slog. Seemed to get a bit easier after that and I managed to keep the power down.

Crossed the line absolutely knackered, but knew I'd done a decent performance, so happy. Back to HQ and I had a 26:30 and a PB by 28 seconds . Doubley pleased as that previous PB was on a perfect night when nearly everyone on the Evening 10 set a PB. Back on standard race bike today and much more comfortable and happier than my brief experiment with the tri-bars.

I thought I was mad doing two in one day but Tamar trumped me, clearly on for another "quiet" year. Having riden on tandem with Paul this morning, she rode tandem with Keith this afternoon, before going out again for a solo ride. Also good to see Tel out for his debut this season.

Tamar & Keith (Tandem) 21:51
Tamar (solo) 26:03 - like I said another quiet one!
Your truly 26:30 PB
Terry 26:41

The only problem now is the alarm has to stay at 4:30 to marshall the ACC 25. Must remember to take a big flask of strong coffee with me.

[Snoop Doug]

rockin result Andrew - you must be well chuffed.

Shame about the mornign 10 - you and the rest must want a quiet word with someone about that

Arrrr - Snoop

[Andrew G]

Too tired for maths, pb by 18 secs not 28. Yes Snoop rather pleased, had a couple of "recovery drinks" this evening but left nice and early - the place was filling up with school kids anyway, felt like a right old git.
Off to bed now for the second stupidly early alarm call 2 days running.

[Tamar Collis]

Keith had been grumbling that I should've ridden solo in the morning too. Not that would just have been silly!

Great result in pm Andrew. Won't be long before you're flying past me.

Embarassingly Keith went faster on his own in pm than on the tandem with me. I am hoping it is some aerodynamic issue rather than me not pulling my weight!

[Jon H]

You could argue that it was Keith not pulling his weight on the tandem, saving himself for his solo ride.

[quote="Andrew"]For some reason I'd thought it would be a good idea to ride two 10s in a day.

[quote="Toks"][quote="Andrew"]For some reason I'd thought it would be a good idea to ride two 10s in a day.

[Toks]

[quote]Oh and Toks I spotted this in you 2007 Goals.

[Andrew G]

[quote]If you know any fast courses let me know.

[Toks]

Ok now i know. Thats the Keith who was trying to seperate lungs from bodies up the front in the Addiscombe RR...I see Ray Huges obviously recived good training benefit from being towed around Richmond Park by me a 'phew' weeks back. yeah right ...Cheers Andrew unfortunately I'm off to italy for the Bergamo Cyclosportiv thingy that weekend

[Tamar Collis]

Keith has assured me that it was never his intention to separate lungs from bodies....but rather himself and a select few others from the bunch. Sadly it was not to be.