Chris, Simon and Mark and elected to take an "easy" ride in view of the recent injury problems to Chris and Simon. Steve was out at the Chiltern Dipper 100 mile sportive.
The "easy" ride got off to a fast start. Although the Sydmonton sign wasn't contested, after forcing the pace over the next climb, the Kingsclere sign was a full on competition, taken by Simon. No evidence of the knee injury then. The summit had been crested at 19mph and after a fast decent there was a big sprint for the sign.
After Kingsclere, the route went up White Hill and then up to Hannington with a fast descent to Overton. On the road from Overton to Whitchurch there were a couple of flat out sprints with both Chris and Simon ignoring their injuries of the previous week.
The gradual climb up the St Mary Bourne valley then commenced. Simon peeled off home at Binley to leave Chris and Mark to continue up to Vernham Deane and then descend to Shalbourne. After that it was a slog into wind through Inkpen, East End and home with 50 miles covered in just over 3 hours.
50 kms Team time trial for Chris, Simon and Steve next Saturday and probably an "easy" ride again next Sunday. We'll see!
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