Great run this morning, was going to take it easy but got involved with some SCR.
Pulled out of my road and saw a cyclist running pretty fast to my right I was still mentally set up for a soft run. at a pinch point doing a shoulder check he was hovering right on my rear wheel, so I thought I would let him go. Then once he had passed I decided I would try to hold him at 100 yards, which in itself was tough deffo a stronger rider but I do think he was at full tilt.
Caught him up at 4-5 miles having seen him (benefit of doubt) predict the changing of lights and he was much more aggressive than me through traffic. It has been a while since I have been overtaken but I have never witnessed so many right and left shoulder checks I assume looking for me, is that normal in SCR?
I deliberately never look much when I overtake other than at a normal shoulder check pinch points etc. It was the high level of checking that spured me on lol
Kept him at 100-150 yard again, then lost him through traffic & traffic lights at around 7.5 miles. Good rider helped me break a record on my old 14.8 route to work just clipped under 46 minutes.
If it was you, great ride!