Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Cycling Time Trials 24hr National Time Trial

On 21st/22nd June Cycling Time Trials held their National 24hr time trial down in Sussex starting just down the road from Arlington Reservoir. Five riders from the Kingston Phoenix Road Club joined 70 others along with loads of helpers. The first rider off was at 12.01 pm and as I was number 63 and the last KPRC rider to start. Most of the riders were solo, but I did see one tandem and a few trikes. My start time was 1.03pm. I didn’t sleep on Saturday night, just had a few short breaks with caffeine and whatever food I felt like.

I don’t know when the official results are released, but this is what my Edge 510 recorded. My average speed from the start was almost 19mph which dropped to just above 18mph for the next three hours then by about 4pm to about 5am it was 17mph. After that it slowly dropped to 16.4mph.

Satnav summary

Distance:
333.81 mi
Time:
20:21:10
Moving Time:
20:20:44
Elapsed Time:
24:00:01

Avg Speed:
16.4 mph
Avg Moving Speed:
16.4 mph
Max Speed:
30.9 mph

Elevation
Elevation Gain:
4,256 m
Elevation Loss:
4,257 m
Min Elevation:
-11 m
Max Elevation:
87 m

I don’t know why but for some reason my Garmin Edge 510 decided to give up on recording the correct elevation at some point during the night circuit. Thankfully everything else seemed to work ok.


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