Astwood '10' 4/9/10 - lovely morning...but...

An early morning autumnal fog had just lifted to reveal a gorgeous time trialling morning - sunny and virtually still - as I rolled up the Astwood this morning for the 8th and final NBRC League event of 2010.  Unfortunately a week of insomnia and a 24 hour headache didn't really leave me feeling really up for the event.  In fact, had it not been for its league status, I might have given the event a miss (particularly as I was down to ride the North Midds and Herts CA '50' the following day).  Still, there I was, ready to give it  go. It had been a week or two since my last club time trial, and it was good to catch up with the guys again - some, like Geoff P. have been popping out some good times, while others seem to have hit the doldrums a bit (rather like I feel).  Anyway, being a late arrival I ended up as last man off at #10.  At the due moment off I went, and despite having to ease off for traffic joining the main roadgot off to a good start.  I rapidly found myself at >31mph.  "This won't last" I thought, and so it transpired. I really didn't feel able to give the event full whack, and indeed for the first half barely got my heart rate into level 3.  Things changed a bit further on, though not enough to rescue my ride - I ended up with 24:13, I think (results to follow).  Fastest on the day was Geoff Perry (TeamMK), with James Fox (Luton CC) close behind - a really good ride given James was on a road bike with no tri-bars. I still felt rubbish at the finish, and headed off home to go supermarket shopping.  In the parlance common in my previous club, I went like a bag of spanners.  Let's hope it goes better at tomorrow's '50'...

								Pos. on
Pos	No	Name	Club	Time	Cat	Vets Std	.+ / -	Vets Std
1	7	Geoff Perry	TeamMK	23.34	V50	27.33	.+ 3.59	2
2	8	James Fox	CC Luton	23.48	S
3	5	Lindz Barral	i-Team CC	23.54	S
4	9	Richard Wood	TeamMK	24.01	S
5	10	Rob Saunders	NBRC	24.13	V50	27.33	.+ 3.20	5
6	2	Adrian Cox	TeamMK	24.24	V49	27.20	.+ 2.56	6
7	4	Rob Chaundy	TeamMK	25.44	V58	29.20	.+ 3.36	4
8	3	Clive Faine	TeamMK	27.04	V64	30.45	.+ 3.41	3
9	1	Karl Reed-Simpson	Private	27.07	V44	26.18	.- 0.49	7
10	6	Gilbert Wheelwright	NBRC	27.29	V68	31.45	.+ 4.16	1