Not an 18k this year as the course needed to be shortened as there were roadworks at Blyth. This meant that this years edition would be a 6.53 mile effort which would finish on the entry to Blyth and would miss out the return miles on the A1.Another change today would be the emergence of a tacx turbo this week which meant that I could warm up like a pro before the event - if only they knew I was making it up as I went along !!
My start time was 1.39 and by 1.20 I had finished my warm up and was ready to get to the start. I knew that the first section would be headwind and that the second and third sections would be cross head and cross respectively.
Initially then, my tempo was good but I felt a bit leggy still (it was my second race in a week) as I grimaced my way through the first section never really settling down. When I turned onto London Road I felt I got a lot more speed for my efforts and although it undulated upward I rode my best section of the course.
The final section had one draggy climb on it and I was glad to get over that one - and then all I had down to the finish under the bridge for a time of 16.04 on the day and average of 24.4mph.
Next up for me is the Middlemarkers event on the 29th :)
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