Astwood '10' 12th June 2024

I returned to the NBRC club events after the cycle tour of the Hebrides. I've had a bit of a disrupted season so far, with the minor operation taking me out of two club events, plus the tour taking me away from two others. The training has been similarly affected, though the stats indicate that Im (just about) hanging in there.

Anyway, it was back to Astwood for this event, on a sunny evening with a light wind. It seemed to be cooling down quite quickly. I chose to ride the P5 with the deep rim front wheel, which worked out well. We had a field of 9 riders, and all started. Several were on road bikes, including the winner. I came in second, but first on vet standard. I didn't really notice any real problems except for the coach that came at me head on at one point on the lane after turning at Chicheley!

The coach seemed a bit closer than the video implies!

Anyway, while I did seem to be having difficulty keeping the power up on the easier sections, I came out reasonably well with 24:36. Two sets of charts - first one is from Garmin Connect, the second from intervals.icu. You should be able to enlarge them.