I had arranged for 2 of my triathlon mates to ride this one again as they joined me last year. we tried to hang on to Steves group but they were gradually pulling away from us so we settled in to our own pace.
We were a bit tired having done 4 swim sessions this week totalling 7.5 kilometres. We were about 20 k in when Roy got a puncture . This turned out to be a large piece of flint which made a hole in the tyre so we had to cut up the old tube to patch up the hole. We knew we were unlikely to see rest of group again that day. i had forgotten that kidds hill was in this one until one of the others reminded me. I have been up this 4 times before and have only got up it once so was dreading it but to my surprise made it again and passed 2 people who had got off to push. Did anyone go through the ford instead of taking the bridge ?
This is a hard route and was pleased to eventually finish, biggest problem on this one is the amount of Chelsea tractors you come across and have to queeze past.
Was surprised to find only Malc back at the start but later heard what had happened . Wish Lee a speedy recovery.
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