School boy error! learn from it

[Marky Mark]

SCCU 10TT Saturday 30th May 2009

Lets start at the beginning, thanks for all the good wishes and support I got of everybody before during and after the TT. Cheers Andrew for the loan of the wheels, I'm sure they made a difference. Big thanks to Robh for all the help and advice. Basically all of you

The prep.
Had a good run up to this, except for the knee but that came good in the end.
No booze during the week, early night the night before and the bike was in good shape.

Headquarters.
Got there with loads of time to spare, warmed up on the turbo and saw some friendly agreeables full of good wishes.

The weather.
Beautiful day, bit of a strong breeze form the East.

To the start.
Nice easy run to the start line, gave Sylvan and Ant a bit of a scare as I was told that I had a massive 20 seconds to spare. Top pushing Sylvan, thank you.

The TT
Up the first drag past my groupies (Tamar & Super Snoop) giving me a much needed and surprising massive cheer as I went past them, managed to keep it over 17mph up the hill.
Heading into the wind still faster than last year as I had had times tapped on my top tube!. Then fu**ing disaster and the brain working a bit to hard... I got to the r'bout before the halfway turn and thought that was the one. Bugger no marshals on, it was that split second I knew I messed up so I kept going round it at 22mph to rejoin the route. THAT COST ME 27 SECONDS . Plotted it out off my Garmin, flipping gutted now.
So with the wind behind me now after the correct turn I was in a good place and felt very strong.
Managed to chuck in a P.B of 27m 00s.

08 TT times--09 (each distance is a r'bout marker or finish line)
Split times 08--------09
Dist
0.2.... 0.29-----0.31
0.9.... 3.03-----2.48
2.2.... 7.01-----6.46
3.8.... 11.51-----11.30
4.4.... 13.41----13.31 this is the the one that done me. [color=#FF0000]+27 on this r'bout seconds for nothing [/color]

4.8.... 14.53-----14.34

5.2.... 16.04-----15.46
5.9.... 18.03-----17.30
7.5.... 22.28-----21.20
8.8.... 26.07-----24.21
9.5.... 27.50-----25.54
10.... 29.11-----27.00

If I didn't make that school boy error it would of been around th 26m 30s mark. If only's hey!

Onwards and upwards. I will have to do that again soon and I would also like to do a 25TT without missing a turn and I need to get more Aero, so room for improvement all over the place.

Anyway I'm still pleased with knocking a big chunk of time off and thanks again for the ACC support.

Yours, Marky Mark

[Snoop Doug]

Good work feller, 2 min plus improvement plenty more in the tank plus a slightly shorter 10 awaits next time

[Marky Mark]

[quote="marco"]Well done, thats some good riding.

Im intersted though in how the only person in the race with a garmin gps route finder managed to be the one who went the wrong way!

[Andrew G]

That was Lockesque Mark, but quite funny.

For future reference the simple rule in TTs is always straight on unless you see a marshall telling you to turn. There are also little signs by the side of the road normally telling you straight on or turn so flick your eyes left and down to the verge as you approach a RAB you aren't sure of. Although technically the responsibility is on you to know the course I haven't done a TT yet that hasn't had a marshall at a turn, even if they are a bit short and don't have any at the straight ons.

[Jon H]

Mark is not alone in his roundabout numptiness. In one of my first TTs on that course I did exactly the same thing; turned too early, realised what I'd done, and did a whole lap of the roundabout.

And a certain Guru turned too early on the F1 course in the National 50 Championship.

[Nick W]

Mark, how many times did you go around the roundabout?

Good work though and remember, you did a bigger work out than the rest of them. The time should come tumbling.

[Marky Mark]

[quote="Nick W"]Mark, how many times did you go around the roundabout?

Good work though and remember, you did a bigger work out than the rest of them. The time should come tumbling.

[Ivor]

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[Nick W]

It was a bif roundabout. End of. Please.

[Marky Mark]

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"]27 seconds to get round a roundabout? What were you dragging? A sack of bricks?

[Marky Mark]

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"]A great result all the same Mark

[CaroleH]

You can have my TT bike after my performance on Sunday!!!!!

Carole H

[Marky Mark]

[quote="CaroleH"]You can have my TT bike after my performance on Sunday!!!!!

Carole H