At the sign-on it looked very much like it was "ladies night" since the girls outnumbered the boys. Not that this is necessarily surprising in itself except for the fact that the usual tardy ladies all turned up in good time. To protect their anonymity we can only mention one appears to have a custom range of sports clothing and the other has taken to wearing calf compression sleeves.
There was no talk about carbon frames or disc wheels. The conversation quickly fixed on important things such as hair style. It turns out there is a serious hair condition in cycling called "Helmet Forehead" which is closely related to "Helmet Hair". This is no joke and can affect men as well. Messrs McHenry and McGreevy both had the extreme form of "Helmet Forehead" which resulted in evental loss of head hair. However there is still hope. Researchers have found in clinical trials that placing cucumber slices between the forehead and helmet will prevent the problem occurring. Even better is that the cucumber slices can then form the filling of a tasty post race sandwich - no need to add salt.
Next week is the Drumbo Hill climb. Meet at the Drumbeg car park and then make way up to the homestead.
Results
Girls
Judith Lonnen 31:50 Emma Kerr 34:50 Julie Stewart 35:07 Ali McConnell 35:10 Heather Bamford 36:42 Jenny McCreedy 36:59
Boys
Paul Carroll 27:18 Vaughan Purnell 28:45 Dave Lonnen 30:50 Mark Hanna 31:09 Desi McHenry 32:36 Paul Hetherington 33:23 Carl King 34:23 Stephen Smartt 34:44 Peter McGuicken 35:05