Went down to Newhaven with Iren and the racing bike
Parked in the usual carpark and rode to the retail park by the river mouth
Rode then back and headed into Seaford
Carried on the the cafe by the Martello Tower museum.
Grabbed a coffee then rode back to the car
Did the Haywards Heath bike ride with Pete this morning, we agreed to ride separately to see what time we could get 🙂
Rode up to the Broadway and joined the mass of cyclists waiting to go
Eventually our group (the 10 milers was released in batches, we were in the second batch)
Rode down Perrymount road, under the railway line and then up to the Sergison picking of riders in front of us.
Turned right then headed for Isaacs Lane and the blast down to Burgess Hill Tip roundabout by which time no one was visible in front of me 🙂
Turned right and headed up through Ansty and into Cuckfield, one guy drifted by me, another went past like I was standing still 🙁
turned to Hanlye Lane and whizzed down the hill, then whizzed down Balcombe Road
Turned right onto Mill Green Road then rode back up Perrymount to the Broadway and the finish
We rode this hard and it showed, I was dripping and unprepared when a microphone was thrust under my nose !
Pete came in about 5 minutes after me.
About 20 minutes later had a shock when a guy who did the longer 22 mile ride finished in 1 hour 10 minutes !!!
Here is the official timing page http://www.hhbikeride.co.uk/rider_times.php
I came 2nd on the Green run with a time of 0:45:50 some 29 seconds behind the winner of the run, Pete came in another 3 minutes later.
