Well my start time is 7.56 so I'll be making my way after the roads have closed and potentially after the first wave sets off. I'll try and be a bit early to avoid that.
I must admit the numbers are making me nervous. All this assembling and so on. I just keep thinking of the marathons and half-marathons I've watched, and how little the massed activity appeals to me... I am trying to look forward to it as a valuable experience - I've never ridden on closed roads or in a big group, after all. But i'm having to battle some feeling of dread. And the heat. If it's anything like today I don't know if I'll make it.
Ah well. I'm off to norfolk for a few days, sans bike. My "training" is not going well at all. I just climbed a hill, by foot, in austria - does that count?
Well my start time is 7.56 so I'll be making my way after the roads have closed and potentially after the first wave sets off. I'll try and be a bit early to avoid that.
I must admit the numbers are making me nervous. All this assembling and so on. I just keep thinking of the marathons and half-marathons I've watched, and how little the massed activity appeals to me... I am trying to look forward to it as a valuable experience - I've never ridden on closed roads or in a big group, after all. But i'm having to battle some feeling of dread. And the heat. If it's anything like today I don't know if I'll make it.
Ah well. I'm off to norfolk for a few days, sans bike. My "training" is not going well at all. I just climbed a hill, by foot, in austria - does that count?