Cycling 37:00 [2] 18.16 km (2:02 / km) +26m 2:01 / km
Cycling to Loch Creran taking it steady. legs feeling quite good.
Cycling race 49:30 [4] 28.49 km (1:44 / km) +126m 1:42 / km
NACC APR race. First time out with the cycling club. Tonight was an Australian Pursuit race - 3 laps around Loch Creran. Despite being threatened with the scratch group I was given a nice handicap of 4 minutes. First group off at 6 mins then three of us at 4min, 2 at 2mins then the 3 fast boys at the back on scratch. Really enjoyed this (despite it pissing down with rain!) Other newcomer in the 3 looked like a decent cyclist and the other boy was a kid (14!!) who looked like he knew what he was doing. Set a decent pace from the start and pushed the pace on the front quite a bit. The other guy Darren took turns on the front and the young boy tucked in our slipstream...that was the pattern for the rest of it! Caught the 12year old from the first group 3/4 round the first lap and he hung on well for a while but was dropped on the hill at the start of the 2nd. Caught the next 2 guys shortly after and dropped one of them quite quickly but the other guy clung on. By the end of the 3rd we spotted the backmarkers from up on the bridge but we still had a decent gap. Pushed hard on the hill at the start of the 3rd and we dropped one guy but still couldn't shake off the kid. Almost overcooked it up the hill and got bit too much lactate to keep a decent pace initially and we became a group of 4 again at the far end. Went to the front again and pushed on down the final stretch dropping Nick again and hit it hard to the finish. Was in front coming round the final corner then the kid sneaked up the inside. Gutted! Good fun though. Still had over a minute gap on Chris, Mike and Ben.
Cycling 40:00 [2] 18.16 km (2:12 / km)
Home to Dunbeg. Cold and wet but warmed up and glad I put on the good jacket! Had to have an emergency buiscuit coming through Benderloch.