smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Good to see @Trickedem and @ianrauk on the Oasts & Coasts 300 yesterday, albeit briefly.
I did not finish - turned off the route at Minster to head homewards. I’d already decided I’d had enough before I got to Hythe and from Folkestone onwards, I was getting slower and slower and faced the prospect of not finishing until gone 11pm then another three hours riding home in the cold and dark and wind. Having arrived late to the start, I’d been riding alone all day and was feeling pretty demoralised already (despite a cracking ride across Romney Marsh with a stonking tailwind), so I was low on the kind of mental fortitude that would have required. Though I reckon my legs would have been up to it despite my general lack of fitness.
With the 60km ride to the start, I still managed just short of the 300km, so not a complete waste of a day - I just won’t get the points for it. But since I’m no longer able to do PBP, that’s not such an issue.
Two weeks to sort myself out and get in a better frame of mind for the Invicta 400, then @Ian H’s Back to the Smoke 400 a couple of weeks after that... both rides have the advantage of not having routes that pass close to home, so there’ll be less impetus to pack!
I did not finish - turned off the route at Minster to head homewards. I’d already decided I’d had enough before I got to Hythe and from Folkestone onwards, I was getting slower and slower and faced the prospect of not finishing until gone 11pm then another three hours riding home in the cold and dark and wind. Having arrived late to the start, I’d been riding alone all day and was feeling pretty demoralised already (despite a cracking ride across Romney Marsh with a stonking tailwind), so I was low on the kind of mental fortitude that would have required. Though I reckon my legs would have been up to it despite my general lack of fitness.
With the 60km ride to the start, I still managed just short of the 300km, so not a complete waste of a day - I just won’t get the points for it. But since I’m no longer able to do PBP, that’s not such an issue.
Two weeks to sort myself out and get in a better frame of mind for the Invicta 400, then @Ian H’s Back to the Smoke 400 a couple of weeks after that... both rides have the advantage of not having routes that pass close to home, so there’ll be less impetus to pack!
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