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@Dammit
~400 Km done (398.2 if you must know).
Today was notable for a couple of things- I've been suffering from bad lower back pain for the past couple of weeks, which coincides with my sudden increase in mileage.
I've been doing lots of stretches in the evenings to try to combat this, which really wasn't doing anything.
So, this morning I dropped the seatpost 5mm and a lot of the pain went away, although I did feel a bit like John Wayne for the first ten miles.
This meant that I was much less fatigued past 30 miles, and surprised myself on one hill (which I had been changing down and spinning up) by digging deep and giving it 700 watts to the top.
Much more fun.
However, the final 30 minutes of the ride were in such relentless howling wind and driving rain that those miles will stay in my memory for a while.
Still, at home and warm now, and one ride away from finishing the challenge- although I have 130 miles left to hit 5,000 for the year.