RLSCC/Rugby Velo Club TT, 11 Aug 2020

Last Tuesday was the final time we had K11/10D course on the season calendar - the dreaded hill climb one!

Although I got a course PB 2 weeks ago on this same route, my pacing wasn't so amazing so I was keen this time around to nail that element and see if it helped me go even quicker.

Having had a lovely cycle over in the sunshine (it was another warm night, but thankfully not quite as warm as Sundays TT where I almost melted!), I knew it could be a quick night.

Pre race Tim had given me some pace top tips - essentially not to go full beans up the first half of the hill, and then immediately regret that decision, resulting in crawling back to the finish line along the latter flat section of the course with zero energy left plus a few other more technical things...

Well I tried to stick to it and it worked - 30secs course PB! I still felt sick at the top of the hill... But less so compared to last week so at least I could push on back to the finish line! Maybe swapping my calf guards to aero socks to satisfy Tim helped too!

Helene Wright