Instead, I was designated driver as I was taking this New Years Day TT very seriously having ridden well in the preceding fixture on Boxing Day.
The course was the same and the wind was similar to 6 days ago so it was a case of turning up and giving it all I could and see what happened.
I was no 9 and therefore set off at 11.09. I rode has hard as I could for the first section of road which felt slower than last weeks TT. In fact, I was blowing within the first mile and had to keep switching the gearing around.
As I rode into Laughterton on the second leg of the course I had a squeeky bum moment when a car was overtaking in the opposite direction and I was away from the kerb where we had been warned about big pot holes. Once that magical ahem moment had passed, I turned onto the home straight and unlike last week could feel the benefit of some backwind !
A spurt to cross the finish in 19.59 and the first event of 2013 done and dusted !
Next up either a cross country 8 mile run or some more time trialling - I've not decided which ;-)
