A series of eight short time trials on seven different worlds. How could I resist? However, Herd wanted a simple (dumb idea) points race. That will not work over six different time zones. So I am keeping the results myself.
I rode the first race a little bit slow, probably 30 seconds too slow for me. Week 2 and 3 were good efforts although I am still fighting for my spot. I went from 15th place to ninth and now sit in 5th by one second. "I'll get you BetteMidler!" It's a four way battle for fourth and tenth places. A few top twenty gals did not race all three events. You gotta do them all to count in this series. See you soon.
Week 3 Totals: Week 5 Week 8
1 Lois Brewer 64:56 Irish 111:49 Irish 185:09
2 Tennile Irish 65:05 Brewer 112:07 Macrae 194:43
3 Angela Macrae 67:15 Kryder 118:13 KC 197:57
4 Katie C 68:58 Macrae 119:02 Meskova 198:29
5 Zee Kryder 68:59 Katie 119:17 Akerblum 201:57
6 E. Akerblum 69:06 Meskova 120:42 Chalfont 202:04
7 F Vidler 69:12 Leung 123:04 Leung 203:19
8 Zuzka Muskova 70:53 Quapp 123:26 Carden 204:56
9 Kate Lascelles 71:15 Akerblum 123:52 Scharf 206:43
10 Clare Spencer 72:11 Chalfont 124:09
11 Georgia Chalfont 72:20 Carden 124:58
12 Vicky Leung 72:23 Scharf 125:36
13 Susan Scharf 72:41
Week 4 saw three dropouts and one poor performance (moving from 6th to 10th). I put in the third best time and moved from fifth to fourth, More importantly, I am only 16 seconds off the third spot instead of nearly two minutes. There's a great battle for first place with Irish at 88:09 and Brewer at 89:26. Irish has a 314 ftp.
Week 5 had me pushing hard on those hills of Yorkshire for the third best time among quite a few in the 25-26 minute range. Irish beat Brewer by one second and it seemed the two dueled and sprinted for the line ahead of me (lol by over a minute) I moved into third place but victory is out of reach. I will still compete for the podium spot. But the big dream of winning is definitely over.
Week 6 Myself and two others, Brewer and Quapp, bailed out on the series. I needed to take a day off and while I hate to quit. It just wasn't there and I didn't want to ride a survival race. There were other factors too. Oh well, just a race.
Week 8 Congratulations to the survivors. It was quite long. I did the eigth race and only lost a few seconds to my rivals but I was noticeably slower than average. Just a bit tired and undertrained. Time to tackle the Tour du Bore and fight for my second local legend, the very hard Libby Hill.
