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TT season has returned!!!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe kicked things off at Cranfield. The brilliant team had organised a dry evening with a little bit of helpful wind. A far cry from the heavy rain that we’ve often seen at the start of the year. That helped with a sell out first round.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell done to our winners of the night:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpen TT \u003cstrong\u003e(and Overall)\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e:\u003c/strong\u003e Dan Chambers - 23:15\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpen Road :\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003eSean Dines - 24:45\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFemale Road (and Overall):\u003c/strong\u003e Willemijn Pronk - 28:04\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFemale TT\u0026nbsp;:\u003c/strong\u003e Jess Goodwin - 30:28\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJunior\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;: Isaac Barral - 26:01.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCongratulations to the 14 people bagging course PB’s! A brilliant start to the season.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe night was night what I needed. I turned up very tired and feeling stressed. I enjoyed the chat with people before, and had a great fun blast around the course, blowing the cobwebs out my brain, doing better than I expected. I left feeling happy and relaxed, and a different kind of tired.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI said I’d set a low bar for the report so I don’t put others off trying. But just for fun, I asked co-pilot for the Charlotte Bronte version:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003eThe Monday evenings, once again, emerge as a cherished sanctuary. The TT season, like spring’s return, has blessed us with its\n presence, stirring the hearts of those who seek solace and strength upon two wheels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur inaugural venture commenced at Cranfield, \n where the diligent souls who stewarded the event arranged not only for a dry eve but also summoned a gentle wind, both of which \n proved most propitious. How different this was from the relentless rain that so often greets the year’s beginning, that perennial \n adversary to spirits bold and eager. Thus, the first round saw its numbers swell to fullness, each participant drawn by the promise\n of fair conditions and communal ardour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet us lend our voices in praise for those who triumphed beneath the mild April sky:\n \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\n Open TT (and Overall)\u003c/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c/strong\u003e Mr Dan Chambers, who conquered the course in a brisk twenty-three minutes and fifteen seconds.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpen Road\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c/strong\u003e Mr Sean Dines, whose resolve delivered him to the finish in twenty-four minutes and forty-five seconds.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFemale Road (and Overall)\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c/strong\u003e Miss Willemjin Pronk, whose grace and diligence were rewarded with a time of twenty-eight minutes and four seconds.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFemale TT \u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;Miss Jess Goodwin, steadfast and true, completed the course in thirty minutes and twenty-eight seconds.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJunior \u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;Master Isaac Barral , whose youthful exuberance and energy saw him finish in twenty-six minutes and one second. \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003c/ul\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003eTo the fourteen who attained personal bests, let us extend our warmest congratulations; such accomplishments speak of a vigorous and promising commencement to the season, the fruits of perseverance and the balm of shared endeavour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe evening was precisely the restorative I so dearly craved. Though I arrived burdened by fatigue and oppressed by the weight of troubled thoughts, the genial discourse among friends and the exhilarating circuit about the course served to expel the cobwebs of my mind. Achievement, unexpected yet genuine, brought forth a sense of lightness. I departed not only content, but transformed—my weariness now of a different, gentler kind, my spirits soothed and quietly elevated.\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRuth\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\u0022https://www.teammk.com/Cms/Spaces/PUBLIC/Team+MK+Time+Trial+Round+1+2026++Results\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003eRound 1 Results\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\u0022https://www.teammk.com/Cms/Spaces/PUBLIC/Time+Trial+2026+Overall+Table\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003eChampionship Tables\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\u0022https://www.teammk.com/Cms/Spaces/PUBLIC/TimeTrials\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003eThe TeamMK TT Homepage\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvent Photos:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\u0022https://www.flickr.com/gp/wjw68/YQv289tr2w\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003eJames W\u0027s R1 Flickr Album\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuth amongst some heavy\u0026nbsp;traffic, heading towards the turn around point in Newport Pagnell.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\u0022https://www.teammk.com/Client/Images/Cms/P1600884(1).JPG\u0022 data-image=\u00221\u0022\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","HasCommentsThread":true,"SeoTags":{"OpenGraphTags":[{"ID":"og:title","Name":"Monday Night TTs 2026 - R1, Cranfield"},{"ID":"og:type","Name":"website"},{"ID":"og:url","Name":"https://www.teammk.com/Cms/Spaces/PB/News+and+Announcements/Monday+Night+TTs+2026++R1+Cranfield"},{"ID":"og:description","Name":"Ruth Gray reports from the Club\u0027s Monday Night TT season opener, in the \u0022style of Charlotte Brontë\u0022..."},{"ID":"og:image","Name":"https://www.teammk.com/Client/Images/Cms/Club%20TT\u0027s/2026/P1600994-COLLAGE__1_.jpg"}],"NonOpenGraphTags":[{"ID":"description","Name":"Ruth Gray reports from the Club\u0027s Monday Night TT season opener, in the \u0022style of Charlotte Brontë\u0022..."}]},"PageURL":"https://www.teammk.com/Cms/Spaces/PB/News+and+Announcements/Monday+Night+TTs+2026++R1+Cranfield","Comments":[],"UpdatedComments":[],"LastViewTime":null,"CanEdit":false,"CanPublish":false,"CanComment":false,"CanReadComments":true,"CanModerateComments":false}
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