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@knightlancer
Not really, unless you can go thru Battersea Pk, depends whereabouts you're going.
Doing an ironman on a fixie, you may be surprised to know, is quite difficult. Quads were already burning by the time I got to the mara at about 3am. Bumped into a friend who was winning the race, and started running with him for the first 7km (a bit silly as he was doing 3.10 mara pace). First half felt really good, but started being sick just after halfway, and couldn't keep anything down to replenish so slowed right down. Bit of a struggle to the end in 4.30ish.
Such a hot night - felt weird to be pouring water over yourself in the middle of the wee small hours to cool down, but it was necessary.