MBG Recumbent Racing: Scunthorpe slow race

40 minutes plus two laps.
Well I arrived home safe and sound, slightly damaged from the race as I discovered later. I was trying really hard and I don't think I had any more to give. I managed to lap Heather by working with John C about mid race. We were working as a train of 3 when the leaders (well done Barney) came past again. Heather was on the front and managed to get a tow from the lead pack. By the time I realised that John C wasn't going with her they had opened a 20m or so gap. I took up the chase with John just behind. As he fell off my tail, the lead pack with Heather got further away and there was nothing I could do about it. It was now all about damage limitation. I could see Heather was gaining (as it's an oval track) and at the end John had joined up with her and they were both chasing me down to unlap Heather. One more lap and they would have got me. I think there was 20m in it on the line, but I was in front. My core fitness grows with each race and training session I do. Most of these guys have been cycling a long time. So I'm pleased.

Most of the time I was on my own. Hard work and I wanted to be sick after.

In November last year I wrote out a goal sheet with dates on it. It's on my wall right next to my computer. You can't miss it. So in November, I wrote that I would have an average race speed of 20mph on the 10th July... (So not to appear too smug I also wrote another one which I haven't achieved yet, but I will).

So, even though it was a hard race, I really quite enjoyed it. There is a certain satisfaction to be had driving home from a tough event.

My results are below (I'll post the official ones when they come through)
Average racing heart rate: 170 bpm
Average race speed: 19.8mph (40%)

Official results

Quibell Park

				Sunday 27th June

	Round 1 Race 1
	Pos	Name	Nr	Bike Name	Class	Tag Nr	Laps	Time	MPH
	1	Steve Slade	1	Beano	O	11	3	1:30.00	36.1
	2	Lee Wakefield	2	Beany	O	27	3	1:30.00	36.1
	3	Ian Perry	6	Quincy	O/Mf	36	3	1:42.00	31.9
	4	Claire King	25	Number 50	O/L	21	3	1:51.00	29.3
	5	Adrian Setter	16	VLR	O/P	20	3	1:57.00	27.8
	6	Mike Burrows	0	RatRacer B2	O/P	41	3	1:57.00	27.8
	7	Neil Fleming	7	nocom	O/P/U	44	3	1:59.00	27.3
	8	Howard Yeomans	82	hocus pocus	O/P/U	16	3	2:00.00	27.1
	9	Andrew Sidwell	102	Black Adder	O/P	28	3	2:00.00	27.1
	10	Rob Hague	51	Whitey Glyde	O/Mf	10	3	2:04.00	26.2
	11	T Higgin	117	Lotus	O/P/U	35	3	2:04.00	26.2
	12	Ian Robinson	108	Kwota	O/P/U/St/S	25	3	2:07.00	25.6
	13	Graham Sparey-Taylor	81	RatRacer	O/P	18	3	2:07.00	25.6
	14	Nick Marshall	52	Atilla	O/P/U	40	3	2:07.00	25.6
	15	Barney Harle	151	Rapto	O/P	30	3	2:11.00	24.8
	16	Andy Barnes	109	Ratracer	O/P	31	3	2:20.00	23.2
	17	Jon Coulson	62	Toxy	O/P	23	3	2:33.00	21.2
	18	Anne Coulson	61	Kingcycle	O/L	43	3	2:35.00	21
	19	Mick Crick	97	beast MK III	O/P/U/Mf/M	32	3	2:37.00	20.7
	20	Martin Brigden-Gwinnutt	59	HRS01	O/P/U/St/S	17	3	2:38.00	20.6
	21	Frazer Tomsett	46	Molerat	O/P/U	39	3	2:43.00	19.9
	22	Heather Fortnum	104	Mason King	O/P/U/L/Lp/St/S	15	3	2:46.00	19.6
	23	Jonathan Woolrich	84	Hocus Pocus	O/P/U	29	3	2:48.00	19.3
	24	John Lucian	86	KMX R2	O/P/U/Mf/M	37	3	2:51.00	19
	25	Judith Griffiths	116	Airborne	O/P/U/L/Lp/St/S	13	3	2:52.00	18.9
	26	Andy Forey	112	moulton deluxe	O	19	3	3:09.00	17.2
	27	Tracey Quarmby	115	Tandem	O/P/U/L/Lp	34	3	3:54.00	13.9
	28	Victoria Bottomley	119	Tandem	O/P/U/L/Lp/J	33	0		0

	Round 2 Race 1
	Pos	Name	Nr	Bike Name	Class	Tag Nr	Laps	Time	MPH
	1	Barney Harle	151	Rapto	O/P	30	50	42:08.69	21.4
	2	Ian Robinson	108	Kwota	O/P/U/St/S	25	49	42:09.30	21
	3	Andy Forey	112	moulton deluxe	O	19	49	42:09.30	21
	4	Anne Coulson	61	Kingcycle	O/L	43	49	42:24.80	20.8
	5	Andy Barnes	109	Ratracer	O/P	31	49	42:55.30	20.6
	6	Martin Brigden-Gwinnutt	59	HRS01	O/P/U/St/S	17	45	42:45.60	19
	7	Jon Coulson	62	Toxy	O/P	23	45	42:48.50	19
	8	Heather Fortnum	104	Mason King	O/P/U/L/Lp/St/S	15	45	42:49.19	19
	9	Judith Griffiths	116	Airborne	O/P/U/L/Lp/St/S	13	44	42:13.89	18.8
	10	Mick Crick	97	beast MK III	O/P/U/Mf/M	32	44	42:14.50	18.8
	11	Jonathan Woolrich	84	Hocus Pocus	O/P/U	29	13	12:46.29	18.4
	12	John Lucian	86	KMX R2	O/P/U/Mf/M	37	37	43:15.19	15.4
	13	Frazer Tomsett	46	Molerat	O/P/U	39	29	56:24.89	9.29
	14	Tracey Quarmby	115	Tandem	O/P/U/L/Lp	34	0		0
	15	Victoria Bottomley	119	Tandem	O/P/U/L/Lp/J	33	0		0