Light Rain; Temp: 8°C; Wind: SW 9mph; Hum: 95%; Press: 1016mB; Vis: Good
Stony '11.4' F5u/10 course description
The BBC website rather gloomily predicted light showers this morning - rather fortunately after a brief shower just after 7am, the morning was fine, with some sunny spells, which was nice. I warmed up by riding over to Stony Stratford. At that time of day the traffic was pretty light, and it was quite pleasant, despite riding on the main MK grid roads. I signed on as number 8 and had a quick spin up and down the opening mile or so of the course. By the time I started, i was feeling a little chilly, so I was quite pleased to get started. Unfortunately, the tough outward leg which climbs up through Beachampton to Nash was made a little harder still by a nagging headwind, and as I approached Beachampton I had a feeling of regret that I'd even started! I was, however, motivated by the presence 1 minute behind me of the 2-up pairing of Leigh and Wayne - despite their being on road bikes rather than time trial bikes, I was concerned they might catch me.
On the climb to Nash I was finding that my rear wheel was spinning slightly on the damp tarmac when I was making out of the saddle efforts. This was a little worrying given the speed I was likely to be making on the return leg descent. I always pass through Nash quite tired from the climbs and find it quite difficult to pick up the pace on the relatively level section to the turn, and today was no exception. But once round the turn, I felt really much better, topping 40mph in 55x11 at times on the descents. The final section between Beachampton and Stony was a little wind-assisted, which was rather nice, and I roared past the finish timekeeper in 28:22, which isn't a bad time for such a tough course at this point of the season.
Result of the NBRC Time Trial held on Saturday 4th of March 2009
Course:- F5u/10 (Stony Stratford)
| Pos | No | Name | Club | Time | Cat | Vets Std | .+ / - | Pos. Vets Std |
| 1 | 21 | Ian Marshall | TeamMK | 28.03 | V40 | 29.20 | .+ 1.17 | 3 |
| 2 | 13 | Chris Dunwoodie | TeamMK | 28.09 | S |
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| 3 | 8 | Rob Saunders | NBRC | 28.22 | V49 | 31.26 | .+ 3.04 | 2 |
| 4 | 12 | Lindz Barral | i-team CC | 28.32 | S |
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| 5 | 7 | Gordon Spencer |
TeamMK | 29.26 | S |
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| 6 | 6 | Matthew Barton | TeamMK | 29.43 | V40 | 29.20 | .- 0.23 | 5 |
| 7 | 15 | John Buchanan | NBRC | 29.53 | S |
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| 8 | 2 | Darren Haydon | NBRC | 30.09 | S |
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| 9 | 22 | Geoff Perry | TeamMK | 30.38 | V49 | 31.26 | .+ 0.48 | 4 |
| 10 | 11 | Gareth Richards | Roy Pink Cycles RT | 30.58 | S |
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| 11 | 18 | Michael Smith | TeamMK | 31.10 | S |
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| 12 | 14 | Richard Golding | TeamMK | 31.31 | V40 | 29.20 | .- 2.11 | 7 |
| 13 | 5 | Chris Hartley | NBRC | 32.21 | V51 | 31.56 | .- 0.25 | 6 |
| 14 | 3 | Yvonne Gurney | TeamMK | 32.39 | L |
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| 15 | 20 | Gilbert Wheelwright | NBRC | 32.51 | V66 | 35.56 | .+ 3.05 | 1 |
| 16 | 1 | Alan Lawson | NBRC | 34.49 | V40 | 29.20 | .- 5.29 | 8 |
| 17 | 19 | Katherine Dilks | NBRC | 34.51 | L |
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| 18 | 17 | Leah Williams | TeamMK | 35.10 | L |
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| 19 | 4 | Tony Brunton | NBRC | 36.07 | V44 | 30.15 | .- 5.52 | 9 |
| 20 | 16 | Mike Fitsell | TeamMK | 38.16 | V46 | 30.43 | .- 7.33 | 10 |
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| 10 | Wayne Maquire | Alpha RC/Phil Corley Cycles | 29.20 |
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| 9 | Leigh Smith | Alpha RC/Phil Corley Cycles |
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Time keepers :- Mary Hartley, Steph Norris & Tony Farmborough (NBRC); Pusher off :- Bryan Scarborough. (NBRC)