Mean rpm, 74
Peak rpm 179
Mean speed 25.3 km/hr
Max speed 66 km/hr
Distance 106.16 km
They don't let on how tough it was, and how fast it was whizzing down the hills. The route took us up some very steep roads. I have no idea why the roads exist, there appear to be no towns or houses at the top. Anyways the roads just go straight up these hills, rather than around them. So up and down we went.
Lidia and I got to great Misseden for the race the day before and set out to see the sights. Pretty place, home to Rhoal Dahl. I wonder if I spelt that right...
To race day:
I joined Ed at the start, and we took photos of each other and saw Ed off (Ed was doing the proper Grand Fondo of 100 miles). I set off on my smaller 100 km race at 9 am, and zoomed along for the most part with Mark and Mark from the local cycle club. The hill climbs were hard, but quite cool, as they went up through a canopy of trees. The down hills were super fast, although I took them slower than the Marks. We were later joined by some more riders, and sped along the flat roads slip streaming beautifully. That was great, felt like a real biker, was imagining myself as Marco Pantani for the most part.
Anyways, some people (Will) have moaned that I have not talked about frisbee much as of late. Well tough. But, the guys came 5th at Mixed Tour 3 in Nottingham while I was out in the chilterns, which rocks.
Great weekends had by all.
2 comments:
Great Missenden / Roald Dahl. Lived in that area when I was a teenager, and used to cycle around a bunch - until my bike was nicked from outside the Sainsbury's in High Wycombe. You're right about the roads, funny how everyone lives in the valleys and not on top- maybe there's too much traffic noise up there.
The views from the top were great as well...
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