Having fallen half a kilometre short of the Hour Record, Jack Bobridge has spoken to Cycling Tips about the sheer pain he went through during his attempt.

“I’m in a lot of pain,” Bobridge said, somewhat predictably, after his attempt. “I can’t even explain how much pain my glutes and quads are in. That’s by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done and will ever do.”

“You gotta take your hat off to Brändle and all those guys who have set the record. It’s something special.”

He spoke of the way the attempt changes your body throughout the Hour, and that by halfway you begin to feel in agony. He said he started out too fast and paid the price for it.

“The first 20 minutes I was riding to what we wanted to do — now that I look at it, it was a bit too quick,” Bobridge said. “Then I had to settle myself into a different schedule. I paid the price for … going out at that sort of pace. ”

“When you get to that 20 or 30 minute mark it really starts to set in what your body is going through,” Bobridge said after the attempt. “That’s when you realise you’re definitely going to hell.”

His coach, Tim Decker, spoke of his pride in his athlete and said that Bobridge had given his all and was completely empty.

“[Bobridge] just told me that he can’t feel his legs at the moment – fully cramping,” Decker said. “He couldn’t even get off his bike so you know he’s give 100% and that’s all we can ask.”

“He’s come very very close to the record, and that’s why they’re world records because they’re hard to beat. Fantastic effort though.”