{"id":1226,"date":"2015-06-07T22:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T22:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehippy.net\/blog\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2015-06-24T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T12:44:00","slug":"wlca-25mi-tt-h252-roadworks-h1022-2015-06-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehippy.net\/blog\/wlca-25mi-tt-h252-roadworks-h1022-2015-06-07\/","title":{"rendered":"WLCA 25mi TT H25\/2 roadworks H10\/22 2015-06-07"},"content":{"rendered":"
21:09<\/strong><\/p>\n Thanks for letting me scrape my entry in Jim.<\/p>\n Having pre-ridden the 25 mile course a couple of times the day before I knew there were roadworks in place on the A4 and assumed they’d be completed by Sunday but alas, no. I guess they decided that it was easier to set up two-way traffic lights and a tonne of traffic cones and delay everyone than fill in the little hole around the drain.<\/p>\n So, arriving on Sunday with some unfinished business to attend to on the ‘ski slope’ H25\/2 course, I was gutted to find out the race had been shortened to a 10mi using the H10\/22 course I’d PB’d on earlier in the year. My annoying 1:00:04<\/a> on this course will remain a while longer.<\/p>\n So, to the 10. It was a spluttery, snotty, horrible ride that may or may not have been well paced (I’m writing this weeks later) and I fell short of my previous best by 16 seconds, even with a supposedly faster setup. Luckily with all the hype around Wiggos Hour Record attempt that night I knew that the air pressure was totally crap for racing so… Excuse 1098: Air Pressure Too High, ACTIVATE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 21:09 Thanks for letting me scrape my entry in Jim. Having pre-ridden the 25 mile course a couple of times the day before I knew there were roadworks in place on the A4 and assumed they’d be completed by Sunday … Continue reading