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My summary.
In general I agree with andy, setting small goals was definitely a good idea.
Lap 1 - not too bad. Didn't go too fast and was feeling fairly confident at this point.
Lap 5/6 - this is starting to hurt, still in the saddle on the ascent but not so sure this was a good idea any more.
Lap 12 - I'm sure when I did this last week I wasn't hurting this much. Having said that I didn't have to do the same again that time. Stil, can now start counting the laps down not up in my head. Huge help.
Lap 14 - jesus I'm dying. Legs like jelly but only 10 to go and I can do this.
Lap 16 - calamity. Somehow I thought I'd done 17 and being told I'd counted wrong at the top nearly killed me off mentally.
Lap 20 - from here on I remember very little other than pain.
Thanks a lot to andy for organising this. While I might have hated you lots at the time I'm glad I've done it.
Having said that if you do it again next year ill help with lap counting, drink giving, baking, basically anything that doesn't involve cycling as the guys at the top looked to be having a lot more fun than i was!
Awesome day.