Bossard Wheelers 10, F12/10 10/5/08

This was an afternoon event on the hottest day of the year so far, hot enough that I found it rather oppressive. By the finish, my HR had climbed to some pretty unreasonable levels.

The F12/10 runs on the A505 Leighton Buzzard bypass, and while not a dual carriageway it is a pretty wide road.  The surface is a little rough and fractures in places, and the road undulates quite a bit.  The course suffers a bit from being quite exposed to crosswinds, though this wasn't an issue for this event, as it was virtually still.  There have been traffic management changes since I last rode the course, with increased traffic levels through the Grovebury Road industrial estate where the HQ was, and on the section of road where we normally warm up - possibly due to the new Stoke Hammond bypass road.

I rode to and from the event, and I must be on a roll as I had no punctures.  During the race, I quickly dropped into a good rhythm, but after 5 or 10 minutes the heat began to get to me.  I had a clear run through the Billington Road roundabout in both directions and had no trouble at the turn.  I finished with 22:45, which I think was 9th.  Tim Carter and Tony Parks r=finished in 21:27 and 21:50 respectively, giving the North Bucks the team prize.

1	60	Ross Clarke	Verulam CC	Sen		21:20
2	56	Paul Taylor	Reading CC	Sen		21:27
3	50	Tim Carter	North Bucks RC	Vet	25:54	21:36	+	4:18
4	45	Tony Parks	North Bucks RC	Vet	26:06	21:50	+	4:16
5	40	Leigh Smith	Alpha RC/Team Corley Cycles	Sen		22:00
6	36	Richard Webster	Team Welwyn	Sen		22:07
7	55	Steve Clarke	Verulam CC	Vet	28:12	22:23	+	5:49
8	28	Russell Rowles	Spirit RT	Vet	26:42	22:35	+	4:07
9	31	Robert Saunders	North Bucks RC	Vet	27:07	22:45	+	4:22
10	26	Fred Edwards	Team Milton Keynes	Vet	27:33	22:51	+	4:42
11	35	Ian Brazier	Verulam CC	Vet	26:42	23:04	+	3:38
12	51	Gareth Rose	Blue Sky Cycles	Vet	25:42	23:10	+	2:32
13	46	Christopher Greig	High Wycombe CC/IT professional/Cycle Care	Sen		23:16
14	41	Jonathan Page	Bicester Millennium CC	Vet	27:59	23:17	+	4:42
15	32	Michael Bannister	Hemel Hempstead CC	Sen		23:26
16	53	Simon Layfield	Team Welwyn	Vet	26:06	23:46	+	2:20
17	42	Malcolm Ash	Aylesbury CC	Vet	30:02	23:54	+	6:08
18	22	Dave Wentworth	North Bucks RC	Vet	28:25	24:04	+	4:21
19	52	Andy Murray	Hemel Hempstead CC	Sen		24:08
20	37	Catherine Essex	Kings Lynn CC	Lady		24:13
21	44	Rocky Kumar	Beds Road Club	Sen		24:26
22	57	Barry Gilzean	Icknield Road Club/Compomotive Wheels	Vet	26:30	24:34	+	1:56
23	33	Chris Hartley	North Bucks RC	Vet	27:46	24:47	+	2:59
24	58	Malcolm Jenkins	Verulam CC	Vet	27:20	24:49	+	2:31
25	47	Alan Harvey	North Road CC	Vet	30:16	25:01	+	5:15
26	48	Chris Lovibond	Hounslow & District Wheelers	Vet	30:16	25:04	+	5:12
27	23	Alan Lawson	North Bucks RC	Sen		25:24
28	27	David Ledgerton	Hitchin Nomads CC	Vet	26:06	25:48	+	0:18
29	38	John Gilbert Wheelwright	North Bucks RC	Vet	31:00	26:07	+	4:53
30	49	Chris Parkes	North Bucks RC	Vet	27:07	26:13	+	0:54
31	39	John Hassall	South Pennine RC	Vet	30:16	26:48	+	3:28
32	59	Brian Moon	Willesden CC	Vet	30:16	26:52	+	3:24
33	29	Peter Horsnell	Chelmer CC	Vet	34:22	27:23	+	6:59
	24	Ian Newberry	Gregarios Superclub Ciclista	Vet	27:07	DNS Apol
	25	Phil Moss	Hemel Hempstead CC	Sen		DNS Apol
	30	Simon Howes	wheelspincycles.com	Sen		DNS Apol
	34	Philip O'Dell	Beds Road Club	Vet	27:59	DNS Apol
	43	Adam Quilter	Aylesbury CC	Vet	25:54	DNS
	54	Matt Little	Verulam CC	Vet	29:48	DNS Apol