Ythan APR

Nothing beats getting up on a sunday morning to go racing. Mind you, thats about the only thing that gets me up on a sunday morning! Apart from maybe the Australian Grand Prix.
So anyway, getting to Tarves football ground in plenty of time was a relative luxury for me and with all the pre-race thoughts that it was to be Petter Ettles or Will Crawfords race to loose, anothe r20 or so it seemed top guys turn up to spoil the show! Most notable Tony Hay (Square Wheels) and eventual winner.
With a reasonable amount of warm-up done it was time to endure some suffering, and there was plenty to be done, I was in group 2, which was a fair enough group for me to start in, with Mark Tandy, Greg Quinn (both Deesidee) and Grant MacIntosh (Dundee Wheelers) in my group. We worked ok, more leg-breaking should someone not peel off the front easily, but we got 1 2/3s of a lap done before we got swept up by group 3,4 and 5 which must have been something like 25 riders strong. This was with 2 full laps to go!
To keep a winded story short(ish) i achieved 1 full lap with the bunch going tooth and nail to bring back either attacking riders, or just going round a corner. Anyhow it was devastatingly fast, with riders such as Alister Watt (Granite City RT), Tom Barratt (Deeside) and Tony Hay (Square Wheels) dictating the pace. I only lost ability to hold the wheel (indeed Callum Smith's (Deeside)) on the finish line with 1 full lap left. I cant recall how long 1 lap of that course is, maybe 9 or 10 miles but it takes FOR-EVER! on your own. I got to the finishline, covered in snot, dried, salty sweat and with my water bottles stuck to the bottle cages such as the stick sollution im consuming mid-race to keep me hydrated and cramp free. Talking about cramp that the first non-HC race ive done recently (within 8 or 9 months anyway) that i HAVN'T cramped. so horray for me! I Won the group (2) prize for beating all the aforementioned group mates to the line. A lot of positives to take from that.
Results Ythan APR Sunday 9th May 2010

No Place Name Club Time
46 1st Tony Hay Square Wheels 1.49.59 1st Prize /
1st group 5

42 2 Steve McIntosh GCRT “ 2nd Prize
50 3 Ali Watt GCRT “ 3rd Prize
33 4 Roman Bardzik Unatt “ 1st group 4
40 5 Bob Cowie Ab Wheelers “
38 6 Will Crawford DTCC “
37 7 Callum Smith DTCC “ 1st Junior
27 8 Ewan McDougal Elgin “ 1st group 3
49 9 Tom Barratt DTCC “
44 10 Bill Dallas Ythan “
43 11 Sean Monaghan GCRT “
45 12 Phil Allan GCRT @ 19 sec
31 13 George Findlater Elgin “
35 14 Andy Kilpatrick FC2000 “
52 15 Josh Conry DTCC “
51 16 Mark Murray Moray Firth @ 4.34 min
11 17 Mark Munro DTCC @6.10 min 1st group 2
39 18 Steve Argo Ythan @6.23 min
21 19 Alistair McGill DTCC @6.27 min
47 20 James Smith Square Wheels @7.10 min
2 21 Dave Carnegie Ythan @7.18 min 1st group 1
34 22 Andy Duncan Ythan @7.59 min
13 23 Mark Tandy DTCC @10.42 min
23 24 Ewan Murray DTCC “
14 25 Greig Quinn DTCC @15.39 min
4 26 Stuart Mitchell DTCC @17.43 min

DNS no’s 1 , 3 , 23 , 26, 41
DNF no’s 5, 12,24, 25,32,36


photos to follow.

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