funny club run today.
me, sylv, paul and hal made up the training group.
by reigate paul decided to wait for the group behind as he was feeling a bit ill.
then as we hit the lanes hal was also suffering, he was also feeling a bit ill. so me and sylv rode next to eachother (something we would be doing a lot of today!), so that we both got a work out, but it was a bit slower for hal.
however, a few miles before newdigate and hal decided to wait for the other group too. me and sylv carried on side by side. we wernt taking it easy, infact it felt harder than a normal training group ride as it seamed neither one of us wanted to draft behind the other and show some weakness. all the little humps and bumps sylv really seamed to ramp up the power, and i would be on the edge of my saddle with the effort.
as we got to rusper we waited for the other group behind so we could do a through and off with them. hal turned up first, not that far behind us, then the other group. the through and off was good fun. we had a long draft behind a horse lorry. steve took the sprint for charlswood, with paul a close 2nd. i did try and go early a few times but paul and sylv were glued to my wheel.
went back box hill way, but only me and sylv up for it this week!
we rode side by side again and a really good pace. neither one of us drafted at all, and i wasnt sure if sylv was suffering or not, i hoped he was though, as i was!
we got to the hill before the duel carriage way, i reconed that this would be the clincher to show which one of us was feeling it.... but we went up it side by side and even finished neck and neck at the top with a little dig.
we got to box hill, and on the first straight i thought i had dropped sylv. then by the 1st hairpin he appeared from nowhere and we rode up side by side for the next straight. after the 2nd hair pin sylv dropped back, and i thought i had finally managed to drop him. but then he came back round and did a turn on the front. i did manage to finally win at the top, but sylv had just been on the front for a while.
from box hill to coulsdon singled out to take turns on the front, keeping the pace at around 30mph
i got home feeling more tired than i usually do from a training group ride.
stu