It was a cool and windy day which made for a strong headwind in the latter part of the course and for the last 15 miles or so I was very grateful to Roger for spending most of the time on the front of our 2-up TT formation and dragging me to the end.
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We skipped the first feed zone at 20 miles and carried on to be greeted by a splendid buffet lunch with fantastic homemade cakes at the 45 mile feed zone. It was hard not to eat too much but we resisted temptation and limited ourselves to a small portion of pasta salad, bread and a few other bits and pieces and a slice of delicious lemon cake with a coffee.
The next feed zone was at 75 miles and again there were lots of cakes as well as fruit and tea and coffee. I had a banana and a couple of small cakes.
Overall I was surprised at how little I needed to eat and drink. I got through three 800 ml bottles of energy drink and a few jelly babies were also consumed along the way.
Despite the wind our average speed was just over 17 mph. This was no doubt helped by being in a few fast groups for long stretches where we were pulled along by some stronger riders.
So overall our confidence is up. We managed 100 miles without any real discomfort. Yes we were tired but didn't feel too bad the following day and even rode our bikes to work.
Whether we could get up and ride another 100 miles is another matter though but we're both now more confident than we were.
Mike
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