A Change of Tack

I've had a pretty good week at home training although the persistent wind has made it difficult to get out Laser sailing. I feel a bit sorry for the Moth sailors that are in weymouth who have sat in the club house as racing has been cancelled for the last three days and it doesn't look so good today either.
I have managed to get a bit of windsurfing in each day followed by some cycling. Last night I was persuaded by one of the up and coming RSX sailors Richard Hamilton to go and have a go at a local time trial on my bike.
We turned up late after getting lost to register and receive our numbers and start order. I have never done one before so it was all a bit new and i felt well out of my depth. There where a lot of nice time trial bikes with Disc wheels and i seemed to be the only one with out tri bars!!!!
I sat on the start line waiting to leave a minute after Rich and i calmly asked the marshall what the course was!!! He smiled and gave me a quick run down of the 10 mile loop.
I started off hammer down and it wasn't long before my legs where crying out for me to ease off, I slowly got into a rhythm but i still couldn't see any body on the horizon so i kicked harder. In the distance I caught sight of a cyclist as i pushed on. I was so hoping it was Rich as i ground them down, I was gutted as i drew closer to see it wasn't, I pressed on and went past concentrating hard to find the tight left hander as i didn't want to miss the turn.
As we turned is was in to the wind for the last 4 miles. I passed another rider before getting Rich in my sites, I closed the distance but didn't manage to catch him as I crossed the line in 24 minutes 45 seconds.
It was a great experience and Im pretty keen to have a go at some more.
Im sat on the ferry yawning as i head over to the Belgium for the Europeans, lets hope the rain stops and the wind allows some sailing!!!

Check out the cycling results below http://www.ccweymouth.co.uk/results/results.html