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Sunday Jan 17, 2021 #
10 AM
Cycling long 3:17:46 [3] 81.8 km (2:25 / km)
Longest ever ride - that was more of an adventure than planned!
Out to Nomansland, then through Hamptworth to Lover, down through Hyde and Gorley. Down the Ornamental drive and back through Woodlands to home.
Plan had been to give Nicole a small headstart and then to meet up about 2 hours in (or I may have caught her). Unfortunately got a flat tyre just before Nomansland. Got it changed but wasn't sure what to do. Decided to try going on and then called Shaun for an SOS pump use! Nice to catch up briefly and keep going on fully inflated tyres. Phone battery died which didn't help matters. Still unsure if I should bail home but thought I'd try and continue on. Quite happy that I had a load of options to turn back and debated it a lot of times but actually kept going. Could easily have taken the easy option and go home. Blissford hill was horrendous. Otherwise a pretty nice Forest route. Flagging the last third and on the verge of cramping up through Totton. Never did see Nicole! More impressed than her Ride London 100 miler now than I was at the time. That is a long way!
Out to Nomansland, then through Hamptworth to Lover, down through Hyde and Gorley. Down the Ornamental drive and back through Woodlands to home.
Plan had been to give Nicole a small headstart and then to meet up about 2 hours in (or I may have caught her). Unfortunately got a flat tyre just before Nomansland. Got it changed but wasn't sure what to do. Decided to try going on and then called Shaun for an SOS pump use! Nice to catch up briefly and keep going on fully inflated tyres. Phone battery died which didn't help matters. Still unsure if I should bail home but thought I'd try and continue on. Quite happy that I had a load of options to turn back and debated it a lot of times but actually kept going. Could easily have taken the easy option and go home. Blissford hill was horrendous. Otherwise a pretty nice Forest route. Flagging the last third and on the verge of cramping up through Totton. Never did see Nicole! More impressed than her Ride London 100 miler now than I was at the time. That is a long way!