Saturday was a round of the Rudy Project Time Trial series. 33 Lumpy miles near Worcester, well organised by Wye Valley CC. I was pleased to finish 4th senior men in a time of 1.17:11. Just behind Jeff Jones in 3rd Place. It is a shame these ‘sporting courses’ are less popular than fast dual carriageways so it was a small field for the senior men, but, that’s time trialling for you. When racing I just like to try and beat course best times. This was three minutes quicker than same course previous year.
On Sunday morning I was down to ride another 25 mile TT near Bristol. As I was dosing off, I felt a great pain in my ankle. It felt like a sprained ankle, probably a trapped nerve or something like that. Anyway I had to dns (did not start), but, it felt a bit stupid getting injured lying in bed. A spectacular crash in a bunch sprint is fine. But, a sprained ankle because you turned over the bed sheets?! I wonder if it was because I was trying to self-massage. Anyway, it’s dissipated pretty quick.
Sleep is definitely dangerous – if I were you I would give it up, or at least sleep on your bike to avoid any sheet related injuries.
Sleeping in the saddle has been proven to increase hill climbing endurance*
*this is not actually true