Road Club Nationals 2008

[RoadRaven]

Ah... thanks for asking Millie
I had intended on getting back here on Monday, but after supporting "my boys" and then a full-on week at work I was just feeling too shattered to try and form a sentence here at the end of each day...

Yup, it was Wanganui - which I meant to write. The river is Whanganui, the town is Wanganui...
The weather was rubbish - but I think it was for most of the country.


The time trial day (Thursday) was really successful for us. My sons were not placed, but both rode personal bests. U17 son cracked 40kph for his 15km ITT, and U19son did over 43kph over his 25km ITT.

My partner successfully defended his gold from last year, in doing so he not only set a personal best (over 45kph for the 20km course), but also set a new Nationals record for his age group (26"29')

He really deserved this - he started training/focusing for this last November and the last 6 months have been very focused and disciplined in terms of rides/distances/nutrition.

The vet 2 and 3 men's road races were a real pleasure to watch. Tactics were discussed, and it all played out as planned! Amazing to watch and such a hoot to be in on it as a spectator and see how wrongly those racing against Ramblers got it. And a bit of planning and teamwork got us 2 golds and one silver in those two races alone.

After his TT, my partner indulged in lots of chocolate, some honey toast and a custard square. He's back with training again - base training and attempting to see if he can lose any more weight without compromising his power.

The 3 days of road races were also very lucrative - my sons rode well, though again not placed. I think they realised this was a possibility as they are each in their first year of their respective grades.

Overall, our club did really well... 9 medals - 5 golds (I think... pages wont load tonight for me to check - Dontcha lurve dialup?) and we were 4th on the Club Points Table



Full results here:
http://www.bikenz.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=3671