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Did the Knights Templar Compass 100 on Saturday, my first Audax event. I'd been umming and ahing in the couple of days up to it whether to do it or go kitesurfing instead on account of the wind forecast... should have gone kitesurfing. Setting off from Witham, first 15k or so weren't that great as I took the Maldon bypass which meant some fairly unforgiving roads with fast flowing traffic but soon out of that and into the windswept Essex countryside. I set off with a French guy who was also a first timer, he was riding an olive green Look 765 RS with pink and blue GKs and a multi-coloured full-frame bag, wish I'd taken a picture of it as it was quite something.
French fella and I had been taking turns and chatting, said he hadn't slept well, not had breakfast and left his water bottles in the car... By the time we reached the second control at 37k he was looking a bit peaky. I gave him one of my bottles, he ate a couple of cereal bars and I told him to just sit on my wheel out of the wind for the next 20k to see if he recovered a bit. He did feel a bit better but not great, so I just let him sit on wheel pretty much the rest of the way around.
Nice route apart from the start and took in some bits that were part of the 2014 TdF route, wind didn't let up all day though but thankfully fairly flat. Pint (courtesy of very thankful French guy), halloumi wrap and chips at the Wetherspoons at the end then the tedious journey home. Had fun, will do some more this year but still, should have gone kitesurfing. No pics as it was too cold and windy to faff around with phone.