Colin Parkinson rides the National Championship 50

Colin Parkinson roed the National Championship 50 on Sunday and finished in 54th place with a time of 1.54.42, the event was promoted by the Icnield RC on the A1 near Bedford. He writes "The ride on Sunday was a good result I had schedhuled for a 1.52 and went through 25 'bang on' in 56.14, i slowed a bit in the second half and finished 1.14 down on last weeks time. I topped the leader board for 25 mins untill Ian Dalton came in with the first sub 1.50 ride it was good conditions and all the fast men were kept in the last hour so yours truly was off in the early part which was just as good but i could have done with the extra hour in bed" (4.30 alarm and that was staying in Bedford!) There were 130 finishers and i was 5th in the 45-50 age group