22^nd April 2008
Preston, Lancashire, England
 

Time: 24m 3s
Overall Rank: 16/60
 

Event Information:

Course: 10 miles, mainly flat
Weather:  12°C, moderate wind
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BIKE       00:24:03│10 miles│24.95mph

Comments:
I got far too cold before the start and so had trouble getting into a rhythm when I started. I felt that I was between gears and couldn't felt that I was pushing too hard a gear for a lot of the race. I also got cut up on a roundabout by some asshole driver trying to squeeze past me which cost me a good few seconds. For the first half of the course there was a tailwind but on the run in to the finish was a headwind and I was really struggling and couldn't maintain a high enough cadence. Although I PB'd this was mostly due to the tailwind that we had for the first half of the course rather than a good performance. If conditions had been the same as last week I think I would have still been faster but certainly not by over a minute.

What would I do differently?
Keep warm before the start.

Event Comments:
Nice friendly atmosphere with a whole range of abilities.