I completed my first race of the year today. It was a 25 mile time trial based on the A4 around Marlow (H25/2). Looking at the results board I think I came about 6 or 7th out of 68. My time was 54.24, which I was pleased with (I think average speed about 27.5mph)
It’s a fast course, because the start is quite a bit higher than the finish. The rules of UK time trials is that the finish has to be within 1 mile from the start. But, it doesn’t matter if they have different heights. Therefore, there are a quite a few courses, which start at the top of a hill and manage to finish at the bottom! – Needless to say these courses are quite popular. Personally I prefer races, which have lots of climbing
The first two miles of the race were all downhill; I was spinning a 54*11 for about 3 minutes (max speed about 66 kmph) I could have used a 55.
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