Emma S competed in an open 10 mile time trial in Boroughbridge last Saturday (6th) and got close to her course best time in spite of not attempting a pure time trial race for about 4 years.
A credible effort, but lost in scandal.
Emma took her GO VEGGIE trisuit to the event by mistake which meant rocking up to the start line without being clothed in sleeves 'to the mid-upper arm' as per open time trial event rules. The Cycling Time Trials officials did what CTT officials do best and hauled her over the coals. At least three gentlemen of a certain disposition separately took her to task for having the audacity to ride her bike with her upper-upper arm exposed. They like their rules, do CTT.
Not one of them though, whilst referring to sub-clause x of rule y, were in the slightest bit interested that she wore GO VEGGIE kit as opposed to the kit of her 1st claim affiliated club, Featherstone Road Club, indeed one even nodded approval.
So well done Emma on two counts: for a credible race-effort, and for proving that riding in GO VEGGIE kit - when not worn so daringly anyway - is just fine and dandy with the guardians of the 19th century.
