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Went out with Airtime 'ironman in training (aka athletic machine) Al' from the forum today, despite my brain saying that it was a little silly having ridden 50 miles yesterday.
We decided to head out to Kent and do the Hell of the Ashdown route. First half I felt great, beasting up Toys Hill and the Wall in a manner that would have brought a tear of joy from Contador and co. Shortly after the Wall, and the whole way til the end, I was desperately fighting off an imminent bonk, and generally felt like shite, which nicely coincided with riding back North into a pretty significant headwind.
Riding up Ide Hill with loads of a-holes passing us absurdly close and fast in 4x4s that have never been near a farm whilst feeling like shit was grim. Managed to make it back to Orpington in one piece, where I staggered into a waitrose feeling a bit like I was gonna black out and somehow managed to co-ordinate my brain into buying a litre of chocolate milk, which was consumed in aboout 2 minutes.
Despite the 30-odd miles of pain at the end, really enjoyed myself all in all, is a great route. Big thanks to Al for providing the cake, he just needs to improve the company provided then it would have been perfect.
Very odd weather - heavy hail showers, wind, bright sunshine, dark grey clouds. Keeps it interesting I guess!
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