The first ten of the season attracted 10 riders. Some were probably put off by the scattered heavy showers, but we managed to miss them during the event.
A very close battle with just 8s covering the first three - the competition should bring more improvement. Tom rode a standard road bike.
Mike Hankin 23:39
Giles White 23:45
Gisli Jenkins 23:47
Tom Foreman 25:35
Gary Kondor 25:45
Kevin Humphreys 26:17
Roger Widdowson 27:40
Paul Ward 29:26
PTs: Lucy Gossage 24:49, Matt Hemsley 27:43
I was surprised that there wasn't more to be honest following conversations with Howard Clark and Andy Neish on Sunday at the War Memorial after the ride.
It was interesting to be in the position I was. It was poetic. Giles caught me at 6 minutes 23 seconds into my ride, Mike at 13 minutes and Ghisli, strangely, at 20 minutes in. This means I must have been woken up by Mike and Giles passing me so quickly and that either Ghisli really dug in in the last 3 miles or I sped up somewhat between Mike passing me and Ghisli catching me.
Must have been something to do with the Southerly wind direction perhaps? It looks like I'm quite trong when I get a tailwind!