It is amazing how once the clouds clear the temperature climbs and while on Friday I was preparing to fire up the heating, only shorts and tee shirts were required for when we road out at 5:00 pm the day after. Glenn and I had planned a 25 mile circuit, the one we did with the AVP and I repeated a couple of weeks back, out to Charmouth and back. However, joined last minute by Kelly, whom I've not ridden with since the Axe-pedition, a turning we should have made at 10 mile point was missed as we were all engrossed in some good chat. Kelly, also had in mind another longer circuit we did with the AVP last year. So with the plan very much lost in translation, this culminated in rather epic 45 mile ride and me being woefully late for dinner! I even had to make a stop at a friendly pub to refill my bottle .. with water obviously!
Being aware of the miles to be covered and time slipping away, I stepped on the power more than I have done for some time. Luckily my rides while up north had been perfect in not exhausting me but in providing valuable opportunity to keep the legs spinning, as such, I smashed many a PB! May be I was also a little inspired by Froomie's success on the TdF, something I was also celebrating in wearing Team Sky's colours rather than my usual AVP kit.
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