Another Bad Day at the Office.

On Tuesday 24 June, following my DNF at the Women's National Team Series, I did my second claim club's 'Jack and Jill' event. I was pretty disappointed with this to say the least and after Sunday's DNF, I was making noises that the bike was going on eBay.

The Jack and Jill is a 2-up time trial event in which one of the riders is male and one is female. The 'Jack', which in my case was fellow Trisportnews.com rider, Dave Palmer, tows Jill around the course in the fastest time possible. It's usually a very social event with all abilities of riders pairing up. The event also ran a Gentleman's 2-Up event and I'm pleased to say Chris came second with his 'Gentelman' Hugh. Again, I wasn't on form and I didn't understand why. I didn't feel ill, I just didn't feel strong enough or quick enough out on the course. I got dropped a couple of times by Dave who hadn't realised I was gone and we came in with a time of 26.29. The trip to Pizza Express following the event numbed some of the disappointment and the following day it was time to focus on the weekend's race at Chertsey.