Ramblers Time Trial Championships 2007

[RoadRaven]

Well, it’s official
I am the Club Champs Vet 2 Womens category champion!
LOL, not hard though, as I was the only vet 2 woman to race!

BUT… (and here is my first thrill) I did a PB on this course.
Although I haven’t ridden this course as a TT before, my previous best TT time over 20kms was 38:56mins, with an average of 30.82kph (that’s 19.15mph I think) over a flat course.
This course is undulating hillocks and rises – not the most favourable for my style of riding. Plus I was riding out of my security zone as I had borrowed wheels on which my bike comp was not set up for, plus my heart rate monitor had a dead battery… so I could not ride to a speed or a heart rate, only watch my time when I got to the half-way/turn-around point.

The second thing that thrills me is that I was the third vet woman home! ST and RW (vet 5) are both extremely capable – and I was only 19 seconds behind RW! In the May and June TTs this year, I was 6minutes behind RW in BOTH races! She has not dropped off in her form, but I have closed that gap to less than a minute! Yay me!

The third thing that thrills me is that SL (vet 3) usually thrashes me in road races – I beat her by almost 3 minutes yesterday – that is comprehensive in a TT.

The fourth and final thing that thrills me is that, despite the rolling, not-flat course, this was my fastest average time ever… and when I also consider I am recovering from a cold (nasty cough still) and I was on the heaviest and crampiest day of my period… well, what could I have achieved if my health had been optimal for racing?


Vet 2 Women (20km): Raven 31.50avs (38:06) 1.

Vet 3 Women (20km): SL 29.36avs (40:52) 1; SW (42:29) 2.

Vet 4 Women (20km): CF 29.47avs (40:43) 1; SH (43:18) 2; CM (43:35) 3.

Vet 5 Women (20km): ST 33.95avs (35:21) 1; RW (37:47) 2.

My partner won his grade: 20km ~ 28.21minutes, average speed 42.33km

My 16yr old came second: 15km ~ 23.57 minutes, average speed 37.58km

My 13 yr old came second: 10km ~ 17minutes, average speed 35.29km