Monday, September 07, 2009

What can Steve do next?

Whilst the season is winding up for the Phoenix Club Events, and September sees the end of the National BBAR (British Best All Rounder competition - see here), the racing season doesn't really draw to an end until the end of October. October is the month of Hill Climbs, but there are still a number of standard distance TTs to be ridden.

The H25/8 course is on the A31 between Farnham and Alton.

View H25/8 course in a larger map

And the H25/2 is out near me on the A404/A4 just west of Maidenhead. This is the fabled "ski slope course" (well round here - there's another one in Wales).


View H25/2 course in a larger map

There are two more events left on the H25/8 and two on the H25/2 this season, although both courses are being used on the same day on one weekend, which limits your choices. The first H25/8 event is on 19th September, which means that you need to get your entry to Basingstoke by 6pm tomorrow evening (unlikely).
The on October 4th there is an event on the H25/2 at 07:30 and the H25/8 at 10:00. The H25/8 event has an early closing date of September 15th (the usual 6pm) so they are anticipating a full field, with the H25/2 effectively being an overflow event, with the usual closing date.
The following week, October 11th is just the H25/2.
Or there is the Epsom 25 on the "club" course, the G25/53 that we know and love! - on the 27th September.

All depends on how tenacious you are feeling. Personally I think you have been improving enough that beating your best ever is on the cards (after all Jake did it in the 10 the other week), but whether you want to go for it this year is another matter.

It doesn't seem right to me that when you have earned the improvement on last year the way you have this year that the Crouch Trophy should then go to someone like Mark or I who are so erratic with our times from year to year that a large improvement is not really an achievement. No disrespect to Mark here, but after all he has improved from a 1:26 last year, which is a lot easier than the improvement you have made.

If you haven't got a handbook you need to talk to Frank or Jake, or someone else with a handbook who can give you the entry details for the above events.

Good Luck if you decide to go for it.

Lisa

P.S. I am having an argument with Google Maps at the moment, but if you enlarge the 2nd map and then click on the "start" pin on the left, it takes you to the correct place.

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