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Horsepower 100 on Saturday, should have stayed at home.
Had an awful night's sleep so was awake just before 4am with no hope of getting back to sleep. Mooched around for a bit, ate then got ready to head out, looked at my phone and estimated journey time was way longer than it should be, trouble on the roads I guessed. Sure enough, M11 closed at junction 7 ballsed everything right up.
Got to Dunmow bang on 9am, signed on and headed out. Cold, wet, windy. Proper shit driving rain and headwind all the way to halfway mark at Newmarket. B184 northbound proper shit; close passes, getting sprayed all the fucking time, I was wet as an otter's pocket after 10k. Head down and kept going, regretted not having mudguards the whole way.
Newmarket, massive queue at Greggs so my sausage roll craving went unsatisfied. Spotted some horses on the track that looked as miserable as I was. Route back was along some quieter lanes that can at best be described as 'agricultural'. Quad bike would have been a more apt mode of transport.
Made it back to Dunmow in one piece, filthy and convinced I'd lost a couple of toes. Went to desk and they were surprised to see me there, first finisher. Could not care less, everyone else quite sensibly probably took multiple breaks out of the elements. Had some minestrone soup, 4 little slices of pizza, two pain au chocolats and three chocolate mini rolls. Packed up and went home. I am 100% a fair weather rider, that was utter bullshit.