"Roger Thorpe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:David Lloyd wrote:
>I've just done my first open 10 in nearly 12 years, and managed to take
>9 seconds off my pb. I had said that I'd go shopping for slippy wheels
>when I beat my pb, but I'll wait a little while yet, as 25:12 is going
>to be soon gone and the improvement is probably down to better
>equipment.
>
>Unfortunately, the event was marred by one of the fast lads being
>t-boned by a car that crossed his path, resulting in the race being
>stopped. He was flat on his back and in obvious pain when I passed by,
>
What course do they use these days? The local roads are a bit
problematic, with concealed entries and high speed traffic. I don't
suppose anyone tries the A46 anymore, and the Princethorpe road doesn't
look much better.
Roger Thorpe
The course was the K10/10FT, the main section of which runs between the
Fosse Way roundabout and the M45 roundabout, on the A45. The start and
finish are on the B4453.
As far as I could see, any turnings onto the B4453 had good sight lines.
Well good luck then for next week. I forgot to say congratulations on that
time, by the way. Getting back after 12 years and then beating your PB is
an achievement.
For me, maybe next year, when the decorating is all done and I can get out
on the road again.... by which time my PB will be 20 years old and my bike
even older.
Roger Thorpe
How's the casualty by the way?
My old PB was actually 23 years old, and was my first race on my still well
loved Holdsworth Professional road bike. A picture of this and my TT machine
can be found on my work-in-progress web page:
www.davidalloyd.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
I suppose 11 years of failing to improve on it is what lead to the 12 years
lay-off . I suppose my loss of form coincided with my inability to get out
on the club runs, leading to lower winter mileage than required. This year,
I got a good long winter in, had my training zones defined, and I have come
down from 71Kg to 64Kg (God knows where the excess weight was hidden).
My club hold an evening 10 on a local course, which is not a particularly
good one. Two weeks ago I got to within 36s of my PB, on a really good warm
day. This was a new personal record for this course. Yesterday, on a cool,
blustery day, I took 12 seconds off that. So, I'd like to know what I was
playing at 2 weeks ago.
I've not heared any more about the casualty. I'll think I might drop the
organiser a line.I don't know if we are going to receive a results list,
since the event was cut short. I would have expected one by now, since I
received the start sheet via e-mail. I'll let you know if I hear anything.
