At the weekend, I was racing on both Saturday and Sunday
- Saturday 10 miles 21:12 average speed 28.5mph 3rd / 70
- Sunday 25 miles 56:57. average speed 26.2 mph (6th /60)
Saturday felt good. On Sunday I was quite a bit slower probably because:
- Tiredness from previous day
- Body not as responsive early in morning
- Less traffic in morning.
It is hard doing 2 races in 2 days. Although a 10 mile time trial is quite short; I just seemed to lack the same intensity on the next morning. I think this was as much mental tiredness as physical tiredness. It requires a real determination to race at your peak form. There was a time in the 25 mile time trial when I felt a little demoralised I was racing up hill, into the wind and my speed dropped to 20mph. Nevertheless, I was happy with the weekend racing, especially the Saturday race. It was quite windy and the return leg was very fast, I was averaging over 30mph for 10 minutes, which is a great feeling.
The important thing is not to give too much importance to a disappointing result. I shall focus on the 10 time and forget the 25 time.
Photo by me at warm up to race, possibly Richard Davies of High Wycombe CC
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I think you must have a laugh when you read my performance figures - but the main thing is that we both enjoy our very different styles of cycling. Your results are quite inspiring all the same!
Thanks for dropping by John. That’s the great thing about cycling, you can enjoy it at all levels.
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