Mr potato head

It's bank holiday weekend and I'd signed up for my third TT of the year. Made my way up to Suffolk with Miss Drago and other relations in tow. Arranged lodgings with the folks. I think it was shortly after the Dartford tunnel when I realised that I'd forgotten my cycling shoe, doh! Made a visit to the local bike shop the following morning and restocked on essential footwear. The weather was amazing this weekend so it would have been incredibly rude to not go and give the new shoes a test ride.

The cycling up here in Suffolk is fantastic, much quieter roads in a better condition then the ones around South London and Northern Surrey. Looking forward to figuring out ways of avoiding the busier ones and discovering where best to jack up with the obligatory caffeine spike.

I'd done a minuscule amount of research for the route, not a super fast DC but a bit of a sporting affair. Was still hoping for a respectable time though what with the good weather. Bought the Powertap with me for this one and was treating it as a bit of a FTP test. I'd also planned to use the wheel covers I've got with the PT in order to knock a few seconds off my time. Unfortunately the shoes weren't the only thing I'd forgotten, in order to fit the wheel covers you need to remove the cassette. Not going to happen without the right tools though, is it? Double d'oh!! Race went reasonably well, my HR average creeped up from 170 to 172 for the effort when compared to the last TT I did. I'd say I went harder in this race then the last one but the slower course and less aero kit meant that a slower time was on the cards. Finished with 1:03:47 which I'm pretty pleased with.