Nice report Matt. Nice to catch you a few times, and great to hear you got your slot. (We left after our clubmate claimed her F40 slot for 1st in AG as we had a dinner reservation!)
Copenhagen was the same. Definitely think it’s worth leaving the helmet on the bike where possible, as they arent short runs around T1.
Really?! It was way too hot (for me) for a race in northern Denmark. I think it was hotter in the sun at 7am than it was in Bahrain! I was absolutely cooking!
I didnt find this too bad in general, but do recall you coming past at about 65k with a decent chunk of people on your wheel. The worst example I saw was on the final main stretch back into town…I was riding along solo, and had been for ages, and then a massive group of about 10-15 came past. I actually shouted WTF. At that point a moto came past, just as I was swamped, and I was really worried I was going to get caught up in a penalty situation, but it must have been a press moto as it was just taking loads of photos and then sped off.
Disagree with this, at least compared to my last three main races of Mallorca, Copenhagen and Bahrain. Roads here were not that great. Better than the UK on the whole for sure, but not “European fast”. I’ll use that as a bit of an excuse maybe!
Totally agree with this. They were great. The one drawback I have is the compromise on transition time. I annoyingly have low ankle bones, and whilst I’ve never had an issue with that in any pair of running shoes, it does cause pain in the left shoe of my (first pair - remains to be seen if my second pair are similar) vapors. I therefore have to stick a gel pad over my ankle bone. I prepared it with K-tape, and it only added about 5-10s, but overall did mean my normally speedy transitions were not as fast as normal. On that note, the only surprising bit from your report is you waste time with socks on the bike?
Anyway, great job, and we’ll no doubt catch each other again in Nice!