Yesterday, my dear readers, was a day to forget. I made a BIG
mistake and luck didn't go my way either. Let me tell you the whole boring
story.
The race was a 40 km individual time trial on a very tough
hilly and windy course. I rode in Elite B and struggled to 9th place in
1:05:21.
I have been waiting on a new time trial frame (a very nice
new Giant Composite). It arrived on Thursday and was built up on Friday. I only
had a chance to do a measly 10 km on it before the race, which is obviously not
enough, and to be honest, quite a stupid thing to do. I fought with the bike all day (in terms of
position) and just couldn't settle. I kept sliding off the front of the seat
and by the end had cramping arms due to the new position. I should have raced
on my old bike and built the new one up next week. Duh...
Another way to look at it would be that I shouldn't have
raced at all. Why? I woke up feeling like shit and I knew I was getting sick.
My heart rate was doing funny things in the race, which for me is normally
indicative that all is not well. This was another reason I couldn't settle into
any kind of decent rhythm. I was supposed
to race the Ipswich Open Road Race today, but have actually pulled out because
I am not in 100 % health.
The other exciting thing that happened was that during the
race, my SRAM gear changer fell apart in my hand. I managed to get some of the
bits back on, and the others, well I just stuffed them into my skinsuit and
hoped they wouldn't fall out. This was slightly distracting to say the least.
So there you have it. A shit day all around. I am very
disappointed with my time and placing as I feel I have been time trialing
strong lately and really thought I had a top 5 finish in me today.
Ah well. Time to recover and get back on the horse...
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