Thought it best to avoid the crit at Llandow on Tuesday and the club chain gang so that I could visit Newport on a fresh set of legs for a change. Flying 500m 34.5 average performance again. We did 64 laps this week on the black line which my backside was glad to hear, we cleared it in a brisk 21.36 averaging almost 28mph for the 10 miles. Doesn't feel that fast after the TT on the weekend considering there's at least six of us going around. Anyway did 3-4 laps each turn on the front trying to get a good feel for what effort I could sustain over 4 laps, had a bit of a sprint at the end which was good fun.
Aeroplane to finish the session off, riding on the blue line the lead rider sprints off the front on the whistle down onto the black line, the group follows trying to keep on each others wheels. After 3/4 of a lap the lead rider pulls up to the top of the track allowing the group to go through below on the blue line to rejoin the group at the back. This is kind of like doing sprint intervals, which I was glad to do as I have been putting off doing these this week on the turbo.
Think we covered about 41 miles in total. All good fun and plenty of stories shared and good banter re the Shane Sutton controversy! Might try the "double: again next week 7pm chain gang followed by 7am track session.
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