Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

Some salient words by @clubman. Posted 4 years ago but genuinely something that I've not forgotten, even if I am two years behind target:

Tell yourself that the hundred is the basic time trial distance. There are people who actually believe this.

Read up on famous 100 mile rides. The most obvious being Booty’s first sub 4 hour ride, but there are plenty of others, for example the struggle between Martyn Roach and John Watson in the 1968 Championship. (Peter Whitfield’s book ‘12 Champions’ is a good source on this subject.)

Start thinking about your 2015 British Best All Rounder campaign. I know a 12 seems daunting, but it’s a different experience from normal time trialling. Think of it as a day doing what you enjoy doing – riding your bike.

Now mark Sunday 25th May in your 2014 diary. It’s the date of the Hounslow 100, which is on the Farnham-Alton course so it’s perfectly suitable for fixed. I’ve got round it on 90” in the past without excessive difficulty, and I never was a 100 miler.