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Held on a slightly chillier than expected morning over at Alcester with a good turnout from Beacon. Ride of the day was undoubtedly from Dave Hughes who came in at 2-03-39 and was 2nd overall on VET standard time being only beaten (just) by Mark Corbett from Worcester who is only just a VET and rode a 1-49-59. Keith Adcock won the overall handicap (not the Beacon score) competition so a good day for the club

Times in full

1 Simon Dighton 2-02-35
2 Dave Hughes 2-03-39
3 Steve Croggon 2-07-48
4 Keith Adcock 2-19-30
5 Ian Taylor 2-34-27

Handicap results to follow soon.
Best
Simon

That is very kind of you Simon. However congratulations must go to you for retaining your 50 mile TT title. I had a good day. I thought that it was because I had paced it well but examination of my Garmin files showed that I had gone off too fast, I covered the first 10 m in 23:01! Not a smart move for a 50m TT but probably typical of a track man!.
Congrats to Keith. for the H/C prize.

Well done all - stonking ride from Dave.

Great ride Dave.Obviously taking it seriously with Garmin files! Have you been turbo training all winter? How does it compare with your PB 50?

Well done everyone and congratulations Simon.

Fantastic ride by Dave. If you do 2 or 3 more 50s this year I'm sure you will get under 2 hours
Dave

Good stuff from all

Congratulations Simon and well done everyone. The Hugheses really are on fire at the moment.

Thanks for kind words everyone but seriously Mr President, I have only done three of these killers in my entire life, do you really think I am going to do three this year!

Hi Rod, I had no idea what I had done in the past but Anne dug out my old results book. It turns out that I had completed 2 previous 50's, the fastest of which was an M.C.C.A. event on 7 June 1981, when I beat my first effort by over 2 ½ mins, recording a time of 2:17:33. So this was a 14 min improvement after a break of 35 yrs. I'll take that!

Re the training and the winter. Yes I have done regular training, initially in a (vain) attempt to keep up with the B club run which keeps exceeding club guidelines. (Of course i'm only joking B runners. Keep your trigger fingers off the keyboards!) I don't do that many miles, (<200/wk) but done with science. The main difference from many other racers (who go much faster than me) is I prefer to do it on the open road rather than the turbo. I think the turbo would improve my times but I loath it with a vengeance.

As far as this result pleases me it pales besides what my wife has done. (My domestic life is currently unbearable!)

“Coming dear, and yes I have got all your equipment bags with me”.

Not surprisingly Dave takes all the points! (I did not even bother taking off the extra 1% off the time for being a super VET)

Riders Actual Time Handicap H'cap Time Points
Dave Hughes 123.39 33.00 01:30:39 40
Simon Dighton 122.35 12.11 01:50:24 39
Keith Adcock 139.30 27.60 01:51:30 38
Steve Croggan 127.48 12.00 01:55:48 37
Ian Taylor 154.27 28.00 02:06:27 36

Best
Simon

I have been using the 40 kmh for one hour as a standard bench mark for the youngsters wanting to ride Crits, hiding in the bunch. Pretty sure that Dave just did that, in the wind for two hours!!!!

I think it's time Dave and Anne came down to one of the Tudor Grange sessions and showed all the young hopefuls how it's done

Well done Simon, but well done Dave, not bad for a sprinter, and not fat and definitely not hairy. You have messed up you chances of winning the handicap 20.

Very impressive times by Simon and Dave, and a very impressive improvement by Keith. Well done everyone!