Great day at the races

Wow so lucky with the weather was so mild temperature wise that I only needed to add arm warmers to my summer riding kit.Had a good position on the starting grid so got a really safe run up till the first hill which was a mix of riding & a bit of walking.Had lots of fun on the technical ups & downs managed to stay on the bike and no punctures(thanks Stans and RR),felt good till just after the canoe bridge(didn't fall in)then the pain started, the last 25kms where tough most of them were spent alone grinding up hill after hill with my drive-chain making the most terrible noises left me wondering if the bike would make it.Looking at the bike computer I worked out if I was lucky I could come in under 5hrs so I put it into suffer to the max mode and just made it with minutes to spare.Big thanks to Christine for the church makes the event so much fun