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That was me! Was in need of water so couldn't stop, but good to see the forum cap.
I had a decent ride. Just back from a knee injury which has limited my miles until about a month ago, I was looking at a sub 6 hour time to be happy. Ended up doing it in 5. It wasn't a totally solo effort as I'd planned it to be, but only shared the load for the 10 miles before Leith and joined a couple of strong northern club riders doing strong through and off from mile 70-85. Pace was too strong for me though and cramp was well and truly in the post. It hit at mile 92, but fluids helped and it had gone with 3k to go. The run into the Mall was great and my wife and kids managed to see me which was lucky.
I thought the whole thing was well organised really and hats off to the volunteers who did a splendid job with much cheer. The riding was generally better than I'd feared, though I was happy to be riding my own race (#itsnotarace) as there were a fair few instances of people attempting to ride beyond their ability.
Well done to all and I think I'll enter the ballot again.