NBRC Club time trial, Stony Stratford 5/4/08

This was the last of the early season Saturday time trials organised by the North Bucks Road Club (the events now shift to Wednesday evenings), and the first of 2008 to be held on the Stony Stratford course F5v/10. In the version used by NBRC, this course is about 11.4 miles and is a sporting course. It's also the furthest of our regular courses from my house, so I set off quite early, shortly after 7.30 am, in bright sunshine.

By the time I reached Stony, the temperature seemed to have dropped (eventually it snowed by Sunday morning), and the reasonably stiff breeze threatened the return leg. It was good to ride this course again - however some of the rougher sections seem to have deteriorated over the winter. In particular, the first sharp lefthander after Beachampton on the return leg has some nasty potholes. In the event,the outward leg was pretty uneventful, other than the line of cars parked juset before the turn (appeared to be parents unloading children for some unknown reason) - slightly worrying with oncoming traffic, and car doors pinging open and shut. All the riders seemed to get by OK. The return was quite a bit tougher than usual, due to the headwind, and I'm always a bit cautious about roaring downhill on slightly twisty roads (call me wimpy if you like, but I prefer to avoid bodily mangling).

I finished with 28:10, which was joint first. Overall, I felt reasonably good though my heart rate took a while to lift to expected levels.

Results

Pos	No	Name	Club	Time	Cat	Vets Std	.+ / -	Vets Std
1	6	Robert Saunders	NBRC	28.10	V48	31.11	.+ 3.01	1
.=	14	Richard Wood	TeamMK	28.10	S
3	5	Andy Sharman	TeamMK	28.15	S
4	11	John Buchanan	NBRC	29.30	S
5	15	Lee Goodman	TeamMK	29.40	S
6	4	Brian Primett	NBRC	31.00	V41	29.33	.- 1.27	5
7	9	Daren Haseldine	TeamMK	31.22	V41	29.33	.-149	6
8	13	Paul Owen	NBRC	31.49	S
9	17	Lindz Barral	TeamMK	31.57	S
10	3	Chris Hartley	NBRC	32.06	V51	31.56	.- 0.10	3
11	7	Ian Stokes	NBRC	32.14	V48	31.11	.-1.03	4
12	8	Gibert Wheelwright	NBRC	32.54	V65	35.39	.+ 2.45	2
13	12	Ed Page	NBRC	33.35	S
14	10	Tracey Haseldine	TeamMK	34.35	LV40	31.11	.- 3.24	7
15	16	Tony Brunton	NBRC	34.36	V43	30.01	.- 4.35	8
16	1	Alan Lawson	NBRC	34.42	S
17	2	Chris Parkes	NBRC	37.44	V48	31.11	.- 6.33	9

Time Keepers :- Mary Hartley & Tony Farmborough NBRC

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