The trouble with the headwind to Brest wasn't just that it was a headwind to Brest, but also that it wasn't a tailwind back.
I didn't really notice the wind, Iroiromono reckons I didn't notice because it wasn't gusting so just felt like the normal wind resistance from riding, but my speed on the road is pretty similar to what I was expecting, moving speed dropping to between 18 and 20kmh; which is how fast I normally ride now when knackered... (I didn't do any speed work this year just endurance and suffer for it)
But then I'm used to doing that on rough Scottish and Northern English roads.
My rolling average from the rides down and back are noticeably above normal for the distances before you allow for the fact I wasn't exactly fresh legged.
The evening start cocks up riding it like a 600 and you'd be very unlucky to have such a relentless headwind on an out-and-back course. They're simply not comparable.
My (shortish) list of 600s includes and evening start in the form of BGB, on which I got to Gretna on the return before sleeping.
I spent around an hour at most controls without realizing it even when I looked at what was on offer and decided to go elsewhere,
and I fell asleep in a café at 6am for a bit, hung around another village for half an hour; this was the sort of thing I planned to do on the return...
Basically I wasn't very efficient as 26 hours stopped for 60 riding suggests. That's 3.25 days worth of "normal" sleep!!!
However, it was my first PBP, I went to enjoy it. It's just I have that feeling I could have done better...
Next Time!