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@maxl
tough course.
when i read on the site that it was fast, with no real hills, i thought it didn't square with the 1800m climbing they also said.
it's nice until you get to the ashdown forest, but there's about 15 miles until turner's hill of ups and downs that are really tiring... you can't get a rhythm going and it's slow.
we didn't do the little loop round ardingly reservoir (VERY hilly) as i was running out of time, but i managed brighton to brighton in 5 hours.
don't know how exactly this compares with the actual route distance (probably a bit further), but i would say that a silver is the best i'll get.