Overall i enjoyed the 55k route, I’m no racer but for some reason i enjoyed that first big climb up to the trig point and the descent down to the feed station. The organisers do put on a well-run event and it’s kinda humbling to see how fast the fast people really are, the top guys finished the 70k before i’d finished the 55k!
Mind you, i’d got in, had a shower and we were walking back into town for a bite to eat and other 55k riders where still coming in, don’t actually know what time i did it in as my g/f was yelling at me just as John Lloyd mentioned my name/number/time etc.
Oh yeah, MsD ‘won’ a Shwalbe Jimmy folding tyre for being the very last person home on the 28k route 🙂