We (Gav and I) knew what we would be in for, the forecast for Sunday the 29th of April was heavy rain with a 25mph NE wind, but that didn't stop us making the journey to Great Witley in Worcestershire for the Little Mountain Time Trial. This was intended to be a good excuse to practise riding at threshold for a longer period (longer than any single climb on the Maratona assuming all is going well).
The weather forecast didn't dissappoint, the weather was that bad I decided to forego a decent warm-up in favour of starting dry and warmer! Needless to say I was soaked through in minutes, I decided to opt to ride my race bike for additional speed but doesn't have mudguards so I soaked from above and below but I wasn't cold as I was riding hard enough to generate plenty of internal heat. Overall the ride took just over 2 hours to cover 39 miles in blustery conditions with some fairly tasty climbs (Ankerdine Hill has sections of 17%). I was please with my heart rate trace as I manged to stay at threshold for the majority of the ride, the only time it dipped was for road junctions etc.
Once I had stopped the cold set in, my hands were so cold I had to kneel down and slurp my cup of tea whilst it was sat on the table. Gav arrived back soon after having also 'enjoyed' his ride. Out of the 120 riders on the start list only 63 opted to start, Gav and I rode in the road bike category and were pleased with a placing overall against guys on TT bikes. A link to the race report is below.
http://www.velouk.net/2012/04/30/report-jack-clements-memorial-little-mountain-time-trial/
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It was strangely 'enjoyable'. What's wrong with us....
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