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MetalMelly
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A personal best for me, completed the whole thing in 6 hours and 50 minutes of moving time.
4 hours for the first half, 2 hours 50 minutes for the second half.
Though it took almost 8 hours due to waiting for pasta at Sudbury Fire Station in a long queue, note to self... don't bother with that next time, you still had two uneaten flapjacks at the end.
At one point I was rolling very fast in the second section and noticed lights on my bike... turned around and realised I was pulling a 20 strong group of Dulwich Paragon. Pulled off the front, and they all slowed so I overtook them and they jumped back on. Feckers. They have no legs, only numbers.
Also, the Garmin worked great. Probably about 10 times over the night my Garmin alerted me to a turn as I watched red lights in front miss it completely. Then I met a group of 3 Horsham cycle club riders who were real cocks, and they were trying to race me and got in front... my Garmin beeped to say "keep right" and one of them heard it and said "must be a left" and they shot off the wrong way... perfect timing.
Most of the night I rode alone. It was bliss. Lights dimmed to lowest setting, just the whirr of tyres.
The stars looked great, the Milky Way visible. I turned off my front light whilst speeding downhill on a narrow lane to get a better view of the stars and was immediately reminded that it was actually black and I couldn't see the lane at all. Scared the shit out of myself.
My knees were killing me at the end. On the coach back they felt swollen and unhappy. They still feel that way this morning, though they've dulled a little and they rest of my body has caught up in general "WTF was that?".
Thanks John for the beer on the beach, and for getting rid of the bugs (massive fires).
So happy to have finally seen a great sunrise on the beach too.