EC Cycles 10 - 9th March 2014

In 2013, Team Grumpy regrouped as usual for the Port Talbot Wheelers 2-up ’25’, but on that occasion I was suffering too much from a bad back to ride. This year, work commitments made it impossible to enter that event (which was a week or two later in the calendar), so we entered the EC Cycles ’10’, on the R10/22A. Unfortunately, this event had no 2-up event listed either at entry or on the start sheet (though indications from at least one results listing indicated 2-up entries had been expected). After a few days of typical Team Grumpy preparation (i.e. takeaway curry and Leffe), we set off for the event, some 45 minutes from Team Grumpy’s welsh base. On the drive over to Resolven, the weather just improved steadily, and ulimately we rode the event in quite balmy conditions - bright sunshine, warm temperatures and a light breeze from the south-east. We warmed up briefly on a nearby road, and found no mechanical issues - unlike two years before, when I punctured while warming up! Gerry was down to start a minute ahead of me, so we finished our warmup together near the start. The course starts some way down a minor road to an industrial area, and no sooner had I got up to speed than I had to do a sharp left turn onto the dual carriageway at a roundabout. This briefly checked my speed, before accelerating again. The outbound leg is largely a gentle descent, though it does undulate somewhat. I was cruising at a decent speed in the southbound leg, often at more than 30mph, but though ny HR seemed to be up where I expected it, my legs didn’t seem to be chucking out as much effort as I would have hoped. I reached the turn having caught my 2-minute man, and never saw another rider in the race. I negotiated the turn as best I could given I only ride this stretch of road once a year - it’s an extended flyover junction that seems to go on for ever! The return leg was quite a bit tougher, as it was mostly slightly uphill, and what little breeze there was didn’t seem to offer any assistance. But then again, it dodn’t seem to offer too much hindrance, either! The finish is just off the same roundabout that we entered the dual carriageway section, and I gave it everything to get round the corner quickly, then motored on to cool down on the smaller road alongside the course. I finished with 22:47 for 18th place, not bad for this point in the season, though my legs didn’t feel like they’d done enough work! That being said, my heart rate was about where I’d expect it to be… Result EC Cycles 10 Mile Time Trial (9 March 2014) Course R10/22A (revised)

Rank	Rider	Club	Cat	Time	No.
1	Billy Oliver	RST Sport/Aero-Coach	S	20:27	90
2	B Xavier Disley	RST Sport/Aero-Coach	S	21:02	80
3	David Brice	Bynea Cycling Club	V	21:29	65
4	Joseph Beech	Ogmore Valley Wheelers	S	21:30	20
5	Anthony Mark Jones	Bynea Cycling Club	V	21:32	32
6	Adam Jones	EC Cycles	S	21:37	76
7	Harry Edney	Scuderia R T	S	21:38	30
8	Christopher Gibbard	Bynea CC	S	21:53	79
9	Richard Wilder	San Domenico	V	21:55	19
10	Gareth Rees	Cwmcarn Paragon	S	22:00	70
11	Christopher Jones	Ride Bikes Wales	V	22:05	56
12	Courtney Rowe	Cardiff Jif	V	22:09	15
13	Chris Tatton	Sodbury Cycle-Sport	V	22:09	29
14	Rob Jones	Ogmore Valley Whs	S	22:10	75
15	Thomas Weir	CC Ashwell	S	22:27	61
16	Gareth Thomas	San Domenico	S	22:33	27
17	David Medhurst	Cardiff Ajax CC	S	22:46	25
18	Robert Saunders	North Bucks RC	V	22:47	48
19	Daniel Gough	Swansea University Cycling Club	S	22:48	59
20	Thomas Ashford	Cardiff Jif	S	22:51	39
21	Ian Rees	Pontypool RCC	V	22:57	35
22	Gerard Oram	Bynea Cycling Club	V	23:00	47
23	Jonathan Pitt	Monmouthshire Wheelers	V	23:00	82
24	David Evans	Worcester St. Johns CC	V	23:02	40
25	Wayne Thomas	Pontypool RCC	S	23:08	87
26	Leigh Jones	Ride Bikes Wales	S	23:14	37
27	Richard Beech	Ogmore Valley Wheelers	V	23:19	21
28	Steven Madeley	Ogmore Valley Whs	V	23:25	38
29	Mike Broadbent	Bynea CC	V	23:25	69
30	Steve Morris	Ogmore Valley Wheelers	V	23:41	88
31	Lee Watts	Bynea Cycling Club	S	23:47	49
32	Chris Massey	Cwmcarn Paragon	V	23:47	77
33	Mark Nott	Ogmore Valley Whs	V	23:49	41
34	Alexandre Touche	Cwmcarn Paragon Road Club	J	23:54	54
35	Stephanie Post	Cardiff Ajax CC	W	23:59	6
36	John Regan	Pembrokeshire Velo	V	23:59	18
37	Colin Richard Wallice	Merthyr CC	V	24:00	50
38	John Shehan	Bynea CC	V	24:11	67
39	Richard Lawton	Newport Phoenix	V	24:13	55
40	Richard Hayes	Taff Ely Triathlon Club	S	24:13	63
41	Adrian Sullivan	Merthyr CC	V	24:17	71
42	Jonny Webb	Gannet CC	V	24:25	26
43	Ian Mcdonald	San Domenico	V	24:26	84
44	Andrew Harries	Ogmore Valley Whs	V	24:27	51
45	Mark Cane	Cardiff Ajax CC	S	24:28	89
46	David Wilson-Evans	Bynea CC	V	24:32	81
47	Edward Malarczyke	Cwmcarn Paragon Road Club	V	24:34	34
48	Thomas Vale	Swansea University Cycling Club	S	24:45	68
49	Mathew Atkins	Cwmcarn Paragon Road Club	V	24:50	53
50	Nigel Thomas	Bynea Cycling Club	V	25:00	52
51	Paul Griffths	Cardiff Ajax CC	V	25:01	74
52	Georgina Harper	Cardiff Ajax CC	VW	25:03	1
53	Hamish Belding	Cardiff Ajax CC	S	25:04	86
54	Christopher Goodwin	Ogmore Valley Whs	V	25:13	28
55	Ayrton Peel	Swansea University Cycling Club	S	25:22	57
56	Jason Strange	Ogmore Valley Whs	V	25:34	64
57	Andrew Grist	Bynea Cycling Club	V	25:42	42
58	Nic Forbes	Bynea Cycling Club	V	25:47	43
59	Chris Barnett	Bynea Cycling Club	S	25:55	33
60	John Diffey	San Domenico	V	26:05	16
61	Kevin Thomas	Pontypool RCC	V	26:26	62
62	Heather Dennis	Cardiff Ajax CC	VW	26:26	2
63	Lloyd Morgan	San Domenico	S	26:44	22
64	Sally Wilder	San Domenico	W	26:45	13
65	Gareth Robert Hill	Abercynon Road Club	V	26:45	73
66	Susan Burnett	Newport Phoenix	VW	26:46	10
67	Phil Bradshaw	Cwmcarn Paragon	V	26:48	78
68	Suzie Warren	Cardiff Ajax CC	W	26:54	5
69	Frances Williams	San Domenico	VW	27:18	7
70	Sally Harmer	Pembrokeshire Velo	VW	27:33	8
71	John Seaward	San Domenico	S	27:53	36
72	Sue Hollin	Monmouthshire Wheelers	VW	28:01	3
73	Tim Raine	Ogmore Valley Wheelers	V	28:23	83
74	Chris Jowitt	Monmouthshire Wheelers	S	28:30	46
75	Paul Rees	Bynea Cycling Club	V	28:40	23
76	John Evans	Bynea CC	V	29:08	72
77	Nia James	Cardiff Ajax CC	W	29:14	14