Bobb, the Hustler and I set off yesterday to ride the H4C Perm.
I lasted one kilometre before another major mechanical so I will have to leave it the other two to describe what looked like being a great day awheel.
The only good thing was it wasn't far back to the car.
I felt doubly bad because I was the Hustler's lift home so chapeau to him for the unexpected extra mileage.
Fortunately, I had always said I wasn't doing RRTY. There was a time yesterday when I thought about going out this morning and riding it just in case I changed my mind. It was at that time that I remembered OD's wise words (in fact, in many ways, it was a bit like when the ghost of Obi Wan Kenobi advises a young Luke Skywalker
). So, from now on I will be following the path to enlightenment that is OD's cycling strategy - still doing stuff like the Shark and the BCM for the challenge and still hoping for a fixed SR but otherwise concentrating on short sharp club rides and breakfast-based expeditions at the weekend and hopefully a bit of cycle camping to go with it. The commitment of finding a 200k every month feels like a treadmill that I am happy to get off. I now have even greater respect for those of you who have done RRTY however many times and those who are embarking on the quest for number one.
All in all the last couple of weeks has served as a bit of a reality check on where my limitations lie. Hopefully the Shark and the BCM will not provide further evidence of those limitations
I am now waiting for the rain to clear so I can get out with no gears for a trip to another seaside for a late breakfast (see when you aren't running to the audax clock you can wait for the weather
).