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Not much comment to add & agree with Clubman mostly. I now find myself as a "vet" having been away from the scene for 20 years. I began as a TT then moved onto RR & had an average of 27.4mph aged 18 over the course of that year.
I'm now with a club who have a bit of everything going amongst its members including track which I also dabbled in. They have on the line signing for their TTs & as Clubman mentioned at a modest fee only £2.50. The track we use is £1 for juniors & £3 for adults per session of which most riders compete in 3-4 races. I'm mostly into long club runs now 60miles plus averaging 17mph.
Tori the old adage of "Evens" still stands for TTs meaning any time better than 20mph average is good over any distance. Clud TTs would allow you to get some official times without being evens or better. Once you've times at evens or better then you can enter National TTs, or at least that use to be the rule needed for entry qualification into a National TT.
Perhaps someone more upto date can clarify-correct my info.
Best advice I can give is to learn to "Twiddle" ie push small gears first to learn how to peddle fast before pushing big gears. Unless you want massive thighs and become a spinter of course. Thing is unless you're on a track sprinters need dragging round a road course by a team until the finsih line, & are next to useless on anything over 10 miles without a team giving pace. There are some exceptions though I will agree.
My best for a 10 mile was 19m 10sec & for a 25 mile was 52m 08sec.
Watch out for all the tricks if you decide to enter road racing though, saddle pulling to slow you, brake blipping to send someone tail gating flying into a ditch, sling shooting pass by saddle pulling you seat and so on. All good fun, I've even had my bottle taken mid ride, git....