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No need to thank me, I just gave out some Brevet cards. The controls were excellent as usual, it's great having food included and not having to worry about endless lose change filling up the bag. Always amazed by the Upper Beeding control in the Brighton CC Chairman's house.
I found it tough in the heat and seemed to be going backwards on every hill, fine on the flat and descents though, often faster than the people who out climbed me. GC claims a best 20 minute average power just 1W off my FTP. Hmm (FTP retest for me I guess).
But my plan of minimal stops at controls seemed to work. Kept the stops to just about an hour (including helping two sets of people on the road). I like helping out at the start as it means I get to start late and get some peace out on the road, rode the majority of it alone which gives me time to think. Got to the pub at 6.45, quick pint and then legged it home (pint almost reappeared as I climbed Nightingale Lane).
It hurt a lot more than I expected, which is making me think whether MR24TT is a good idea at all. Maybe I should just save myself for IM Wales (can't imagine running a marathon at the end of the ride today though) and do the MR24TT next year. Will reassess in a few days rather than think about it too much now. Must lose the weight before September.
Well done everyone who rode it.
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Ditchling Devil was amazing; really good day out. Thank you to all who organised (@Greenbank ). Absolutely destroyed now.
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