This, was a good day...
This was a target race for me and I am pleased to say that I manged to exceed my expectations. I came 5th in this event last year, still recovering from a nasty chest cold. This time around, the field was stronger and I had it in my head that I would be satisfied with 4th or 5th, but still hoped I could pull something out of the bag.
The course was slightly longer than usual because the course marshals got their tens and elevens confused. We ended up doing a touch under 22 km instead of the standard 20 km. The course itself was reasonable with a bit of wind that picked up as the day progressed. I must confess though, that I do not like the Purga course one bit. I don't think the ups and downs suit me too much.
I ended up riding an official time of 30 min and 50 seconds (debatable, again, as I honestly believe they have mine and Chris Pryor's times incorrect by ten seconds, but an irrelevant detail I suppose), which gave me the bronze medal, sixteen seconds behind Chris Pryor in second and a minute behind Tim Dagliesh in first. This was far and away the best time trial I have ridden in masters racing. I was a scant two seconds in front of fourth place and six seconds in front of fifth.
So a solid 'tick' in the 'goals for 2014' list. A state medal (my first one in sixteen years) in a target event I have worked very hard towards. Happy days!
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