Drove to Ashby to attempt 5 strava segments - over 4 separate 'true' efforts (only 3 efforts in earnest) - in a heatwave! 4 CRs!!!!: Farm to Road to Hill Road off Road, 5 mins 39 secs @ 5:51/mi pace, with 2 climbs, 47 secs ahead of Tom Hurst, 48 Paul Codd in 3rd, 1 min 3 secs Gerard Eivors in 4th, 1 min 36 Paul Ireland in 7th, 1 min 43 ahead of joint-9th of 93. This effort rolled straight into Big Hill to the Road, 2 mins 28 secs, on 2nd effort of the session, with no rest (in effort same opening sustained effort), @ 5:40/mi pace, 12 secs ahead of Alun Thomas 2-year-old former CR, 22 secs ahead of Tom Hurst in 3rd, 24 Paul Codd in 4th, 25 Paul Ireland in 5th, 28 Gerard Eivors in 6th, 43 ahead of 10th of 72. Ashby bypass sector 2, at the 3rd attempt, 9 mins 30 secs, on 2nd or 3rd effort of the session, and not a brilliant recovery after opening 8+ minutes of sub 6-minute-miling effort, with 89 ft of climbing, @ 5:52/mi pace, 1 sec ahead of Chris baxter's 3-year-old former CR, 5 secs ahead of Dazzler in 3rd, 23 Gerard in 4th, 31 ahead of my previous best, set 4/2/20, 49 ahead of 10th of 439. Bushwhack to Tesco, 4 mins 20 secs, on 3rd or 4th effort of the session, @ 7:08/mi pace (note effort involves opening and shutting slidebar gates - and a gate that wouldn't open!, 53 secs ahead of Dave Allery's time set yesterday!, 1 min 3 secs ahead of Gem Dog's time in 3rd - set yesterday!, 1 min 26 secs ahead of Kev Laz' original 2019 CR in 4th, 1 min 30 secs Ian Bolton in 5th, 3 mins 19 secs Paul Ireland in 9th, 4 mins 44 secs ahead of 10th of 13.
4th overall on Are we at the top yet? #BBRC #FYB, 4 mins 16 secs, with 73 ft of climbing, on 2nd or 3rd effort of the session, @ 6:09/mi pace, 21 secs behind chris baxter, 10 Ian Bolton in 2nd, 2 Mark Kendrick in 3rd, 1 better than my previous best, set 31/1/19, 2 ahead of Gerard in 6th, 7 Alun/Miles in joint-9th of 480.
Reporting 957 strava CRs held - an all-time high (had thought I was maybe up to 958).
Amazing
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