Many
people have heard about this super fast course in southern Wales which
includes a long down hill section where it is possible to get to 50mph plus
;-) I travelled down last summer to ride the R25/3G after hearing what a
great course it really was. I did 53 which I was well pleased with. I then
came back and people started to ask about this course which this year is
going to be used for the national 25. Myself and Dave Littlefair decided
that we would make the trip down to have a ride on this course before it is
used for the national in the hope that we would get some better qualifying
times to guarantee entry. We also travelled down with 2 other time trialists
from the Preston area. The road trip began on the Saturday as we travelled
down before driving the course. It is an amazing course which plummets down
a valley for 3.5 miles and you don't have to go back up the hill. On the
race day the weather sempt to be perfect. But we soon realised we where
wrong. It was tail wind out which allowed me to ride to the turn in 54x11
wishing I had that extra gear. But is was a different story on the return
leg of only 8 or so miles. It soon dropped down to 20 odd mph as the head
wind section began. I was very glad to get to the finish to find out I had
improved my PB time to 53.41 even though the conditions on the day were a
lot worse. Lets just hope I can get a better day so I can see what I could
do. Dave also
did an excellent ride and recorded a time of 56.59 on a very windy day. It
was good to see and chat to the various Welsh riders who came over to talk
to us both to see what we thought of this amazing course. Role on the
national now!!!
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