So, money where my mouth is, I raced my first TT in 8 years yesterday.
I'd hoped to do a bit of under the radar prep on at least one of the two Saturday morning CC Weymouth Club 10s so far, but failed to make it to either.
Consequently it was in at the deep end, my club's Open 24 mile hilly...which just happened to be the first round of a National 'Classic TT' Series this year.
Having no LTS times whatsoever I was first off in the Seniors, which meant 3 minutes behind Dame Sarah Storey and 1 minute behind Hayley Simmonds. Oh the laffs the timekeepers at the start had "when I catch them".
However, in the end I did better than I expected, aiming for a 1:05 but paced it well and did a 1:03:35 / 22.6mph av, not bad for a 6'2" rouleur on a hilly course on his road bike, less than skintight jersey and normal road helmet. Hayley did a 55 and the mens winner smashed the course record doing a 49 (that's 29.6mph round a hilly course
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Crucially, I did well enough that it's not put me off more time trialling.