I was starter number 25 of 28 as I arrived at the time on the sheet and it turns out other people arrived 40 mins early to get a good spot! Everyone was cycling around warming up so I did too. I did the climb up to Sheriff Hutton and then wandered off down the back road to nip to the loo in a field. Big mistake! I forgot about the roadie cleats. I tried to get back on the bike and the cleats were completely full of mud (the field had been ploughed). I had a couple of mins to my start time and I couldn't get clipped in! I zoomed back to the start area and one of the other later starters kindly fixed one shoe whilst I did the other and we cleared out all the mud with keys. Oops.
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The first descent was fine, I got to 38mph so happy with that, the 30% climb up Bulmer Bank was fine too until the man behind overtook me! I thought that was a little early to be overtaken, after about 5 mins! But it was a fast bloke (Jamie Sharp) who apparently wins every time trial, including this one, so that was fine. I have to say, he climbed the hill like it wasn't there, I was puffing and panting and heaving my way up and he danced past me like it was flat! I thought I was done with the climbing but it turns out that it's a climb all the way to Terrington, that was only the start of it. I wasn't happy about that but settled down and wasn't too shabby. I could see my man in front and I was gaining on him. The big descent down Terrington bank was pretty fast, max speed was 45mph, the flat until the hilltop finish was OK for me too. The hilltop finish was uncomfortable but I made it up there and was glad that it was over!
Summary
| Distance: | 10.76 mi | ||||
| Time: | 34:00 mins | ||||
| Avg Speed: Max Speed: | 18.99 mph 45 mph | ||||
| Avg Cadence: | 76 rpm | ||||
| Max Cadence: | 130 rpm | ||||
| 178 bpm 210 bpm |
