The smart riders came pre-fuelled on the new must-do diet of jam sandwiches and water; if it's good enough for The Flying Scotman then it's good enough for us. To be fair to Mr McHenry has practiced this secret for years but we all put it down to a thrifty nature.
Girlie honours go to Miss Lowry tonight who broke the hour. Excuse of the night goes to John McManus who claimed he is not up to time trialling yet after recently completing La Marmotte only 2 weeks ago. He is never going to win the Tour; you can bet your house on that!
Thanks to Neville for compiling the results from within the climate controlled comfort of his car. Incidentally the results below have been dumbed down for consumption by the mass populus. The original spreadsheet data looks like the control system output of a nuclear power plant.
Results
Pos Name Lap 1 Lap 2 Finish Time 1 Judith Lowry 00:29:15 00:30:40 00:59:55 2 Aisling Trainor 00:32:56 00:34:05 01:07:01 3 Emma Kerr 00:33:24 00:36:58 01:10:22 1 Mike Miller 00:26:26 00:27:41 00:54:07 2 Vaughan Purnell 00:26:51 00:28:59 00:55:50 3 Enda Marron 00:27:18 00:28:36 00:55:54 4 Colm Hanratty 00:28:09 00:29:40 00:57:49 5 Dave Lonnen 00:28:31 00:30:14 00:58:45 6 Desi McHenry 00:29:03 00:30:29 00:59:32 7 Davy Calvert 00:29:03 00:30:41 00:59:44 8 Niall Magee 00:29:12 00:31:00 01:00:12 9 John McManus 00:29:32 00:31:13 01:00:45 10 Brian Kinsella 00:29:41 00:32:57 01:02:38 11 Johnny Boylin 00:30:38 00:32:01 01:02:39 12 Chris Fleming 00:31:18 00:33:09 01:04:27 13 Peter McGuckin 00:32:51 00:35:41 01:08:32 14 Ed Smith 00:33:44 00:36:56 01:10:40 15 Willie Noteman 00:33:57 00:38:30 01:12:27 -- Karl King 00:32:04 DNF -- Bill Rafferty 00:30:41 DNF -- Paul McGuire 00:26:54 DNFThanks to time keepers Mark Millar and Neville.