| Ruth Eyles Regains National 100 Mile
Time Trial Crown Ruth Eyles regained her title as national 100 mile time trial champion
on Sunday. Representing the Beacon Ruth showed excellent form to complete
the challenging course in 4 hrs 19 mins 03 secs. In other words, she covered 100
miles of rolling Welsh terrain in blustery conditions at an average speed of 23.162
mph. This was sufficient to ensure an advantage of nearly five minutes over Avril
Swan of MI Racing, who secured second place with a time of 4:23:54. The
last time Ruth won this event was in 2005 with a slightly slower time of 4:20:13.
In each of the intervening years, she has been narrowly edged out of the gold
medal position by Julia Shaw. So this year’s return to the top of the podium is
just reward for Ruth’s unwavering determination. At the same event, Fenella
Brown of the Beacon RCC finished in 13th position with a time of 5:07:49. In the
men’s race, the club’s Andrew Curley crossed the line in 4:45:31, to take 56th
position behind Kevin Dawson of Sportscover.com, who recorded 3:42:22. | 
