NORTH MIDS CHAMPS - SHEFFREC 25 - Hatfield Woodhouse - 18th May 2019

Mixed result, club champs but also double up with the North Midlands Champs....quality 8 in start list with unreachable three at front...but other places up for grabs, and......I came bloody 8th, even with a PB, Olympian Adam Duggleby broke 50 mins, which is so rare at Hatfield....Sheffrec easily took the regional team prize with Liam, Andy and myself...and was first vet, first age and stuff....but y'know...I want more 💪

[Not one to be remembered, coming 8th, when you know there's really eight fighting for those places...sort of...is a bugger...but a PB on shitty Hatfield...at what age? BUT THAT IS IRRELEVANT 😎]

BIRDWELL WHEELERS 10 - Hatfield Woodhouse - 11th May 2019

2nd Overall / Power PB!
It’s a Sheffrec CC double at the Birdwell ‘10’ at Hatfield Woodhouse - congrats to Liam Bromiley for a convincing victory, followed by yours truly...course PB and power PB for a ‘10’ miler (356w) para mi - beer time 🍻

Significant in 2019, that although I did not break any PBs (except the 5 miler) mainly due to weather conditions, better indication is breaking power averages, which I did on Hatfield twice...finishing with 360w average....💪

[Great performance, no chance against a fit Liam (ex Giant UK Team Cat1 (Elite?) racer) - but he is 20 something LOL ]

WELSH OPEN NATIONAL 25M CHAMPS - Hirwaun - 5th May 2019

14th Overall & 1st on Standard (Welsh National Gold)
WELSH OPEN NATIONAL 25m TT CHAMPIONSHIP
With a combination of an open National Championship and the added attraction of arguably the fastest 25mile TT course in the UK, it’s understandable that in S Wales on Sunday the event was eagerly anticipated and fully subscribed.
However any hope of a plethora of PBs were dashed by the cold conditions and the consensus in the HQ afterwards that we all seem to experience a permanent headwind - how does that happen? 🤔
The times reflected this with the men’s winner, a young pro Tom Ward recording ‘only’ 47-15 and last years ladies all round champion Alice Lethbridge not even breaking 53 minutes.
So in that context my 3rd sub 50min 25mile TT @ 49mins 41secs was commendable and encouraging for the target of a PB, later in the season....the only disappointment was that I hoped for a top 10 finish overall, but just missed out....although it was very tight at that sharp end.
Supplementary bonus was recording another National Age Record and taking home the Welsh National Age medal 🥇
Back to regional basics for the next two weekends on the lovely windswept potholed course at Hatfield Woodhouse, I can’t wait 😎and then a well earned mini break!☀️

[I would've killed for a sub 51mins 3 years ago, and now "knock sub 50min efforts out" for fun, almost, putting 3 mins into the UK's top female time trial lists...and still fvckin moan.....😝]