Richmond Park TT

[David Martin]

RICHMOND PARK TIME TRIAL ON SUNDAY
In an unprecedented move, London Dynamo have gained permission to hold two early-morning time-trials on a 10.4-mile route on a circuit in London training mecca Richmond Park.  If these pilot time-trials are successful, it is hoped that a series will follow in the picturesque Royal Park in 2010.

The event has already attracted a sizeable number of entries, including one from domestic time-trial titan Michael Hutchinson.

The first event is held this Sunday (August 9) with first man off at 6am, and riders starting at 30-second intervals. The second time-trial will be on Sunday August 23. There are no entries on the line: to enter, e-mail Rebecca at timetrials@londondynamo.co.uk.

For more details, visit London Road Cycling Club, Mountain Biking, Sportif, Road Racing, TT, Time Trail | London Dynamo.

[Greenbank]

Hutch writes about Richmond Park in The Hour, he said that in one year he clocked up over 500 laps of RP as part of his training.

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Good to see them not using Broomfield Hill. I saw the aftermath of another crash on there on Sunday with an ambulance picking up two riders.

[clarion]

RP's a bit more lumpy than most TT courses.  Should be interesting

[Wascally Weasel]

Just got back!

This was my first ever TT so it was a bit demoralising to be registering while people were finishing.  I looked to be the least 'aero' person there (both in kit and fatness terms).  If anyone else from here was there, I was the sturdy bloke in the green yacf jersey wearing number 118.

I was last man off at 06:59:00 (well more like 06:59:03 as, like the fool I am, I fiddled with something at the last minute).

I enjoyed it (kind of), I managed to overtake the guy who set off just before me, passing him shortly after Richmond Gate which was good for my confidence.

My provisional finishing time was 31:20.  While I wasn't last, most of the field finished in under 30 minutes.  I'm happy with that as a first go - I had thought about the course and my times on various bits if the park and estimated that I might be around the 32-33 minute mark, so I was pleased with what I did.

With both the course and rider being lumpy, I was always going to slowed on the uphill bits but on the flat sections I was pleased with my speed  - after this ride, I'm confident that I could put in a time at least close to 25 minutes for a 10 one day and possibly better (after lots of training).

Having a HRM really helped (I bought one recently) as I knew I was putting in the most effort I could reasonably sustain for most of the course.

The next Richmond Park TT is on 23rd August and I'm already looking forward to it - get your entries in quick if you want to take part as it's filling up fast (NB, if you want to ride fixed, I overheard Rebecca saying that she was keen to get more fixed riders on the next one).