Competition News

On a cold Sunday morning with a strong, rising South West wind, Merv had a hard ride to the Sawston turn but managed to record a good time of 1:18:53 for 6th position on Standard out of 91 riders.

Phil, Chris and Merv rode this event with Phil (25:46) on a 'vintage' Stan Miles and Chris (27:28) on an equally ancient Raleigh competing in the Old Skool part. Merv's time was 25:20 although this was done on a 2009 Dalkia.

Peter entered this event full of hope and expectation. Unfortunately things did not work out quite as planned and although he packed in at 200 miles he has completed all the distances from 10 miles to a 12 hour race this year. Keeping an average speed of over 20mph for 6 hours, this started to drop as the wind increased and minor injury problems mounted. At 9 hours the estimated mileage at the finish was 218-220 miles. At about 10 hours (c190 miles) a left knee injury forced him to ride using just one leg and common sense prevailed at 200 miles.

Barry's time of 1:00:42 was enough to make him 28th out of 119 on the startsheet.

On a very windy day Phil (25:20), Peter (26.03) and Merv (26:50) rode this event. Riding to the start, and listening to the comments of the early finishers, it was soon apparent that most rider's times would be at least three minutes slower than hoped for.

Merv completed this event in 1:03:38.

Steve Watson produced one of his best rides to record 22:50, whilst Merv's time of 23:44 was his fastest since 2003.

Result

1. Barry Page 23 mins 44 secs
2. Renato Davies 23 mins 46 secs
3. Doug Davies 24 mins 06 secs
4. Steve Watson 24 mins 19 secs
5. Peter Walton 24 mins 28 secs
6. Chris Walker 27 mins 03 secs

Private Time Trials Solo

1. Luke Clark 20 mins 08 secs
2. Ross Clark 20 mins 34 secs
3. Stuart Tarry 21 mins 03 secs
4. Kevin Gill 21 mins 31 secs
5. Steve Clark 21 mins 55 secs
6. R Smith 22 mins 03 secs
7. G Lewis 23 mins 08 secs
8. Michael Hennessy 23 mins 52 secs

Chris Walker successfully completed this event, gaining PBs in all three disciplines. His time of 41:14 for the 1.5km Swim, followed by 1hr 11mins for the 40km Cycle and then 51:49 for the 10km Run gave him an overall time of 2hrs 54mins (incl transition times).

Merv managed 1:04:49 on a cool morning with a light crosswind. However it was enough for the First Vet on Standard award.

On a warm afternoon with a breeze from the South West Merv recorded 25:46 for the First Vet on Standard award.

Peter rode his first 100 on a course based around the A24. A reasonable and consistent pace for the first 50 miles was soured when turning south into the wind to reach the second half of the circuit. His recorded time was 4:59:54 although this did include a wait of nearly 35 seconds at some traffic lights. The winner's time was 4:06:07.

A rising South wind made life difficult on the return leg, yet Merv was able to win the Second Vet on Standard award with 1:05:07.

Good weather enabled Merv to record 1:02:14, which equals his best of the year.

On the Leighton Buzzard course in difficult conditions with gusty cross-winds, Merv came 2nd Vet on Standard (25:48) just missing 1st place by 1 second.

Barry, Merv and Peter all took part in this Middlemarkers event, with Barry's time of 1:00:01 the best of the three. With a strong headwind outward bound, Merv's time of 1:03:32 easily surpassed Peter's 1:05:25.

In dire weather conditions, Phil finished in 21:38, whilst Peter set a new PB of 22:34.

Merv produced his best time for five years (4:52:25) on an A11 course near Norwich.

Peter entered this race thinking it was a 25 (as per CTT handbook). However despite a fast ride to Turnford (under 11 mins) the wind conditions on the return resulted in a 24:54.

A PB for Peter as his time of 1:00:51 was 38 seconds faster than his previous.