VTTA 50 TT National Champs Knutsford
16th July
I rode my 2nd 50 yesterday on a sporting 3 Lap course
in showers and wind. First 2 laps were ok and it was looking
like a 1-57-00 but with 10 miles to go I simply run out of
energy. The last 5 miles grovelled home losing 4 min's in
the last 10 miles. 2-01-18
Looking at my Calories I used 2600 and my energy drink only
contained 300 and as your body stores around 1500 it was
never going to be enough.
Annoyed with myself with such a schoolboy error.
Because I have been riding 10's 25's with just a pre
race energy and fluid I thought well 1 hr longer some carbs
in my bottle that should be fine.
But looking at my carb burn rate later from my test info
showed me how far out I was, As you burn a lot of carbs at
such a high HR.
Charles Taylor 1-49-33
1st
Scott Holmes 2-01-18
23rd
North Hants 50 Bentley Bypass 8th May 2011
Another windy morning Scott Holmes rode his first 50
TT.
With heavy rain first thing Looking were looking grim.
But by start time 8-30 the sun came out but so did the wind.
Riding a 20mile circuit with a final 10 on the same section
the course proved interesting. Catching his minute man No 20
and 15 things were going well for a sub 2 hr ride. On the
last turn with 5 miles to go he needed a 11 min split to go
under 2 Hrs.
Feeling tired but determined to go under 2 hrs he managed a
1-59-50.
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2010 Season
Reading 50 14-06 H50/1
Graham Weeks 1 58 27
Ch/ville 50 10-05 H50/8
Graham Pettitt 2 13 46
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