The forecast for tomorrow is so bad we brought forward the weekly "big" ride to today. The "we" being me, Simon and Steve.
During the week there had been many exchanges via Twitter about doing a 100 miler and so we did!
Basically, we followed the same route I used with Steve a couple of weeks ago. The good news is that we did it much faster. Just over 100 miles in 6:28, an average of 15.5 mph compared to my 14.6 mph previously. This was due to Steve and Simon keeping a good pace going with lots of thru 'n' off, especially in the closing miles- up to 23 mph and strong ride up to the top of Chute Causeway, quite impressive with the long ride "in" our legs!
We managed to avoid the rain too, it just started as we neared Highclere at the end. The ride was also almost puncture free, with Simon the only victim this week.
All agreed our best training ride to date; 100.5 miles and over 5000 feet of ascent. A few well contested village sign sprints but many left alone as we saved ourselves for the long ride.
Big challenge next weekend - the Hampshire Hilly 100 mile Sportive. Sadly, I might not make it due to a Confirmation service to attend. Small matter of a Bank Holiday 25 mile time trial and a 10 mile TT on Wednesday evening though. We'll see!
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