by iansutton on Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:00 pm
Hmm, worth the long trip to Wales again - particularly as we were part of TT history today, with Dave McGann breaking a certain Chris Boardman's National Competition record by 3 seconds with his time of 45.54! He was certainly motoring when he came past me, probably doing about 34 mph UP a gentle drag.
In terms of our own rides, with 51.51 I set a new PB by 1.10 and broke Roy Manser's 1988 club record by 57 seconds (to be ratified of course). Barely believable that Mike and I should only be separated by one second over 25 miles, and unluckily for him I set off 10 minutes earlier. He has set a fantastic new PB though by 1.07.
Sarah also went well, and with her 1.01.57 she knocked 34 seconds off her PB.
The weather was obviously pretty good - about 18 degrees when Mike and I rode, and very calm. I think we all had a good run at the roundabouts as well! There is very little traffic to speak of on the course, compared to say the E2, but there is a small downhill section that helps with the average speed on the 'out' leg...After turning at about 16 miles, there is a gentle drag back up for the last 9, before a quickish finish off the dual carriageway sliproad.
Highly recommend the course, although now that it is the 'comp record' course I suspect it will become even harder to get on.