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Club 10 30th June - 24'03". Would have done a sub 24 if I could get my bloody feet in the pedals. Not too bad considering I wasn't feeling great.

Staplefield E/1/2/3/4 1st August - 26miles sporting
Kevin didn't turn up so I was sole Dulwich representative. From the pre-entries it looked like I could get 2nd without trying. Then the cream of the SE Region turned up and EOL'd! My mission was to get round without being passed by all of them. I failed after Guy Powdrill passed me on t… Continue

10th July - Brands Hatch
An E/1/2/3/4 on a great circuit. It was a bit too hard for me and I was dropped on the penultimate lap, but I really enjoyed it.

16th July - Harry Must 10
24'26". Felt OK but not a good time. One of my clip-on bars loosened and swivelled round thru knockholt so I didn't risk using them on the descent. A paramedic vehicle effected a 3-point turn in front of me at the bottom of the descent. and I had to negotiate 4 cars at the turn into Cudham lane. So I lost time, but I… Continue

23'42"

That's a new PB. I was suprised that i got it. I hadn't been on a bike for 5 days, I'm smoking again, didn't feel strong and got stitch and had reflux on route to the start. I wasn't expecting a good ride.

I started steady and smooth without really feeling that I was putting the power down. But it was probably OK, or so I thought until Jules passed me over the brow of a small slope in Knockholt. I had another stitch at that time. Anyway, that woke me up. From there to the bottom of Cudh… Continue

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Check out these pics esp min071 to see me in a 2-lap break with Norwood Paragon's Russell Painter in the middle of the race. I was in a couple of smaller earlier breaks too. I was diddling around with 10 laps to go when 10 riders went off the front to take the placings and cruised over the line to take 32nd out of 38 finishers from a full field. I really enjoyed this windy race which was run at around 41kph. min068 sees me in… Continue

The 1/2s soon joined up with the 3/4s on this windy race, and from then on it was run at a fast pace throughout with a lot of attacks. There was a block headwind on the bottom turn and up to and past the start/finish line. It made for a really hard and fast race, with the race mostly… Continue

23'58"
Personal best for the Cudham course, but I could do a good bit better. I started badly, over-geared, and was a little tired from the ride out. Turning down toward Knockholt I got my legs in and nailed it from there to the A21 and Cudham village - 68kph on the downhill - except on 2 occasions when I was slowed by cars. Returning to the start-finish up Cudham lane I wasn't great on the steep sections and was probably under-geared. The last mile to the Blacksmiths was all OK. I really… Continue

I felt 'average' for this one, neither bad nor with those 'eager' legs. It was a gorgeous day and hot too - I rode in the group cos my average legs weren't up to my usual front-end riding. As the race went on my legs came in and I did a couple of attacks, but each time we hit a climb (not that there are big ones on this circuit) I had to work very hard to stay in and kept sliding from front to back. This didn't help me on the last lap when I couldn't move up the pack in the finale. I had a reaso… Continue

First time at Eelmore - it's an up-and-down circuit. Up is headwind, down is tailwind, a mile all round. Thus nothing managed to stay away. I was in several breaks, a couple were quite good, but it came to a bunch sprint. My back wheel skidded out on the final hairpin and I lost 10 p… Continue

4 stages, 3 days, a national B race for 1/2/3 categories in Kent. A bit out of my class but I really fancied stages 1,2 and 4 so I entered my 2nd stage race.

Stage One: Time-Trial: 5 laps of Fowlmead circuit, 17.5km. I did it with a time of 22'40", which I was very pleased with, and i… Continue

There was no timer so we timed ourselves. I had 24'04", which is 2secs slower than my best from last year on that course. I wasn't feeling that great having had a 5-day hangover and I suffered on the steep parts. First run-out for my aero helmet.