As mentioned in my previous post this weekend I was competing Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday I road in my second BUCS event for the university. BUCS is an inter-university competition, I competed in cyclo-cross before Christmas finishing 11th and this weekend was the team time-trail. I was riding with a teammate of mine Andrew Nichols and another student Nick Latimer. It was a shocking day for time-trialling with high winds and rain making it very hard going.
We started very well with us all taking strong turns on the front and the pace kept high. However I began to struggle after 15km or so as I wasn't getting the full benefit of the slipstream whilst on my road bike. I missed a few turns whilst trying to get my heart rate back out of the red and was able to contribute more on the second lap of the course. We posted a time of 1 Hour 12 Minutes 27 seconds (average: 25.7mph) meaning we finished 5th in the BUCS event and 13th overall out of 60 riders.
Sunday was the Sheffrec RR which was held in very high winds near Rotherham. I rode out the event and my legs felt good which was a surprise after yesterdays effort. I was 5th reserve and when I turned up and 5 people had already pulled out so I was in the race. I finished my warm up and the race was quickly underway. Unfortunately it was just as quickly over for me after having a puncture within 2 miles! It was my first puncture of the season but hopefully my last as I have now bought a new set of tires.
Next week is the BUCS 10 mile time-trial and the Beeston RR which I am looking forward too.
Thanks for reading!
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