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Good point there.
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Yeah. This.
All I ever try to do is PB for the course (and bike) I am riding. Highest position I have ever finished for an open (not including middle marker events) is 15th. I was over the moon until I realised that all the local fast boys were elsewhere that weekend. But in the end I left the HQ knowing the fact that I'd PBed the course.
FYI if you want to know what an honest course is like compared to the E2, there's a 25 down in deep Kent that is flat apart from one small climb midway that you also come back down, and at 7 in the morning has virtually zero traffic. My best is a long 1hr2 on an average morning, but it's a mid 56 on the E2 on a better than average, but not fast, day.
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@cjr
I love the idea of competing for places, but it's only fun if you are really fast, for most people it can be pretty demoralising. You feel like you did a great ride and got a course pb by 3 mins, but you come 89th.
In my opinion, beauty of TTing is that you can compete against yourself. Every year I try to better my own time on the E1/25 but also look at realistic ways to improve my PB on the fastest course I'm happy to ride on, and can reach from London.