Drove to Ashby to attempt 5 off-road strava segments. 5 CRs!!!!: Nottingham Road Trail to the Farm Road, 5 mins 25 secs, with 81 ft of climbing, @ 6:15/mi pace, 35 secs ahead of Will Burnish' 6-year-old former CR, 36 ahead of Paul Codd in 3rd, 1 min 15 secs ahead of joint-9th of 84. McVities to Hill Top!, (within the first longer segment), 4 mins 31 secs, with 77 ft of climbing, @ 6:10/mi pace, 13 secs ahead of Tom Hurst, 26 ahead of Gerard Eivors in 3rd, 1 min 13 secs ahead of 10th of 122. Old Park Flat from Notts Road, 5 mins 56 secs, on the 2nd effort of the session, @ 6:06/mi pace, with 29 ft of climbing, 1 min 1 second ahead of Paul Ireland, 1 min 8 secs ahead of Ian Bolton in 3rd, 2 mins 36 secs ahead of 10th of 30. Old Park Flat, 3 mins 32 secs, on the 3rd effort of the session, with little rest after effort 2, @ 5:45/mi pace, 32 secs ahead of Tracey Hinxman/Paul Ireland in joint-2nd, 35 ahead of Ian Bolton in 4th, 38 Mark Kendrick in 5th, 1 min 13 secs ahead of 10th of 32. Lount Wood Hill, 2 mins 18 secs, uphill, with 87 ft of climbing, on the 4th effort of the session, @ 6:24/mi pace, 6 secs ahead of Dave Allery, 7 Tom Hurst in 3rd, 9 Ramzi in 4th, 30 Miles Winter in 7th, 34 Ian Bolton in 8th, 37 Gerard in 10th of 98.
Went wrong on my 6th segment/5th effort: Bushwhack to Tesco so strava stopped timing it - I'll be back - it's within me!
Through the last notable CR milestone, before the BIG one. 953 strava CRs held - an all-time high!
Amazing
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