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Finally joined a local cycling club having done a couple of their mid week evening rides. Today I went out for their Sunday social ride. A lot of the club had done the Runway Rumble on Friday - laps of a local airfield after the airfield shuts for the evening. As such today's ride was a flat loop followed by another loop taking in a couple of climbs.
It was awesome, weather was pleasantly warm without being excessive and we had about 10 mins of light drizzle. I was fine on the flat loop and did a few long turns at the front. 2nd half and I struggled going up hills. Am currently v v overweight and it was apparent as I felt like I was going backwards - though my descenders physique did help going downhill. They were a lovely bunch, chatty and friendly and the roads were stunning. Stroud to Slad was particularly picturesque. It was also interesting to see how local roads join up.
Will definitely do more of these in the future.
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