Stoke Hammond '10' (Interclub with A5 Rangers; League round 3) 5/5/10

This evening's event was the third event in the NBRC 2010 time trial league, and the first in the annual series of interclub events with the A5 Rangers.  As it turned out, it was an overcast evening with a light breeze offering a little assistance on the opening leg. As I started, it seemed there was more traffic on the course than on recent events, and indeed ended up getting stalled at the first two roundabouts.  On the first, this was no big deal, as the road surface is so pitted and potholed that I always take it rather gingerly.  Anyway, I was riding with very little data on my Polar computer: since I'm using a Polar GPS sensor to relay speed and distance to the computer, everything depends on the GPS device working properly - tonight I suspect that the battery might have depleted a bit too much.  All I had to go on was my HR reading, but at least that was something to go on! Once on the dual carriageway section, things picked up a bit, and I felt pretty comfortable.  Approaching the turn, I saw Lindz, who had started two minutes before me, and I timed myself to the turn.  As far as I could tell, he was almost exactly two minutes ahead of me.  Redoubling my efforts, I pressed on, rounding the next roundabout and easily avoiding the potholes there.  From there it's downhill, and whacked in a nice big gear. As I crossed the line, I pressed the lap counter - it indicated 23:25, and since I started the timer when my minute man started, this meant I'd finished in 22:25 (or thereabouts pending the official results), this being my best time on this course since we started using it.  It's also my best '10' time for the last three seasons (at least), and a minute faster than I managed last season!  Really rather a fine results for me.

Pos	Name	Club	Time	Cat	Standard	Plus	Pos on standard
1	Tim Carter	Virgin Active	21.14	V44	26.18	5.04	6
2	Tony Parks	NBRC	22.10	V45	26.30	4.20	10
3	Dave Lazenby	A5 Rangers	22.25	V46	26.42	4.17	11
4	Rob Saunders	NBRC	22.27	V50	27.33	5.06	5
5	Dave Glossy	TMK	22.36	S
6	Lindz Barral	i Team CC	22.49	S
7	Geoff Perry	TMK	23.08	V50	27.33	4.25	9
8	David Carrington	TMK	23.27	V44	26.18	2.51	14
9	Darren Haydon	NBRC	23.36	S
10	Ian Stokes	NBRC	23.54	V50	27.33	3.39	12
11	John Buchanan	NBRC/TMK	23.59	V40	25.30	1.31	16
12	Kevin Stokes	TMK	24.00	V47	26.54	2.54	13
13	Rob Chaundy	TMK	24.36	V58	29.20	4.44	7
14	Ian Franklin	A5 Rangers	24.54	V61	30.02	5.08	3
15	Graham Mackie	A5 Rangers	24.56	V48	27.07	2.11	15
16	Tim Carey	A5 Rangers	25.48	V47	26.54	1.06	17
17	Trevor Parrish	A5 Rangers	25.53	V65	31.00	5.07	4
18	Clive Faine	TMK	25.55	V63	30.30	4.35	8
19	Murray Kirton	A5 Rangers	26.00	V69	32.00	6.00	1
20	Gilbert Wheelwright	NBRC	26.11	V67	31.30	5.19	2
21	Alan Lawson	NBRC	26.58	V41	25.42	-1.16	18
22	Tony Brunton	NBRC	29.05	V45	26.30	-2.35	19
23	Liam Barbur	A5 Rangers	31.11	Schoolboy 14