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The morning was pretty vile – alternating light and heavy rain – it was with something of a heavy heart that I set off in a downpour to the Hemel 10, over by Leighton Buzzard.  I took a somewhat circuitous… Continue Reading →

This week’s event came towards the end of a rather hot and humid spell – a strong and gusty wind blew up during the day, but had thankfully abated by the time I left work to ride over to Stony… Continue Reading →

A week at residential school (seven 12 hour days indoors, with cafeteria food and too much beer) is not the best way to prepare for a 50 mile time trial.  On the morning, we were greeting with warm and humid… Continue Reading →

  Well, I felt pretty good for this club event, had mysterious effects on my Polar 720i HRM bike computer, and ended up with a slightly lacklustre performance! As I rode over to the event, dodging the surface dressing of… Continue Reading →

I didn’t receive the startsheet for this event, due to local mail problems, though I managed to get a copy emailed to me by a fellow competitor.  The night before  the event, I really didn’t sleep at all well –… Continue Reading →

Tony Parks and I made the decision some weeks ago to go for this evening ’10’  on the fast F20/10 course based on the A10.  On the eveningid turned out to be mild, but very, very windy.  I had a… Continue Reading →

  Slightly more than 12h after the Herts Wh 10, I lined up at the start of the Hemel Hempstead 25 on the F13/25 course, which runs from Launton to Aylesbury and back.  It’s an undulating course, that I’ve always… Continue Reading →

Not the most auspicious way to get to a club event – I returned from London at 7pm, discovered there was no electricity in Aspley Guise (it eventually came back on at 3am the next day),jumped into my skinsuit, pumped… Continue Reading →