With Le Tour fever I got my Ribble out just now.
I decided on my local 12 mille route through the country lanes and through a couple of small villages/hamlets before hitting a few big A roads and finising the Lolly-pop shaped loop back into my village.
Theres a few sharp climbs to trash my quads (but nothing major climbing wise for all you seasoned roadies - 645 feet total) with a head-wind on every bloody stretch of road.
I was banking on being able to belt it down some of the fast down hills but the wind was horrendous.
12 miles - 38:30mins, Ave 18.9mph.
Knocked 3 minutes off my previous best for the route even against the head winds. Quads are destroyed now.
Pretty rubbish really but I gave it my all....and I even got a smile and a hello from 3 hot girls out on their horses whilst I was climbing the first hill
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