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Good to see you and a cracking ride! Doing negative splits on an audax seemed like a strange strategy but made for a fun day out
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Oh wow... i was there, my first ever audax. Longest day ride by about 70km and most elevation in a day by a fairly long shot, so wasn't maintaining a pace anything like that. Fair play!
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Rode this yesterday, I'll keep it short. Was supposed to be introducing @jmg412 to Audax at this one but he DNS'd because he doesn't know how to use chairs.
Muggy, windy day. Rolled out solo and not feeling great after a long week, Dulwich Paragon train rolled past and I kinda stuck with them for a bit until we hit Layhams then I decided discretion was the better part of valour and let them go. Thought I was in for a solo day of pootling (which I was totally cool with), but then, somewhere past Biggin Hill I heard the cheery voice of @WhitleyJay greet me. Chatted for a few kms, he was riding with a couple of Peckham CC members and I joined the group. Pace was pretty brisk and to cut a long story short, we kept going faster and faster, finishing up with an average speed of 27.1 km/h which for me at least is quite frankly ridiculous.
Highlights:
Took a chance on a butchers in Tenterden set back from the High St just to the right of that café that sometimes gets used as a control stop, came away with two massive and satisfyingly dense sausage rolls for £4
Headwind for 30ish kms between Pluckley and East Peckham, WhitleyJay and I doing the bulk of the work and keeping the pace high, #lfgssexpress
Lady pulled up to the Co-op in East Peckham on horseback and asked if someone could get her an ice cream, I was more than happy to oblige!
Great day out, a hard one and my legs are mashed up today. Complete absence of content apart from one pic, sausage roll pockets on WhitleyJay's top tube bag. Epic.
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