Drove to Shepshed to attempt 5 strava segments. 3 CRs!!!: Simon's Circles, 37 secs (phone 36) @ 3:47/mi pace, 5 secs ahead of Jamie Pratt, 15 ahead of Simon Mickleburgh 33 ahead of 10th of 37. Strawberry Fields from Hathern Road, off-road, on the 2nd effort of the day and not much recovery, @ 4:48/mi pace, 11 secs ahead of Jamie Pratt, 24 ahead of joint-3rd, 33 ahead of 10th of 303. Piper wood climb, off-road, on the 4th effort of the day, with 87 ft of climbing, @ 6:15/mi pace, 35 secs ahead of Stuart Brown's 2-year-olf former CR, 37 ahead of 3rd, 1 min 7 secs ahead of joint-9th of 63.
Improved my 2nd-overall on Gate to Gate, 1 min 22 secs (phone said 1:19), on the 5th effort of the session, off-road, @ 5:08/mi pace, 4 secs behind the time Frank Baddick set, when he took my former CR, on 28/6/19, secs ahead of my previous best, secs ahead of my former CR, 12 ahead of Carl Grevel in 3rd, 47 secs ahead of joint-9th of 127.
Joint-10th on Shepshed to Hathern Hill, 2 mins 19 secs uphill, with 76 ft of climbing, and strong wind, on the 3rd effort of the session, and little recovery, @ /mi pace, 15 secs behind Stuart Spencer's 5-year-old CR, 12 behind Mike Coltherd in 2nd, 9 Michael Leighton in 3rd, 3 Stabler in 6th, 2 Baddick in joint-7th, of a whopping 1,322.
964 strava CRs held - an all-time high, as Mark Parker took 2 strava CRs off me around Amazon last night.
v windy
v warm