This past Sunday saw me down in Olympia for a final pre PBP tune up ride of 200k. Generally over rolling terrain I rode with most of the people I’ll be riding with at PBP and we made good time despite some rather ragged pacelines due to additional people in our group who have not ridden together as much.
Bob and I had to chase down the group at one point after we had an extended toilet stop only to emerge to discover the group had rolled off. We chased for about 7 miles averaging over 25 mph to catch up. Quite a wake up to the legs as we had been averaging around 20mph on the flats for the ride in general up to then. Words were exchanged ….
Finished in 7 hours and 55 minutes which beats my best time for a 200k by about an hour. It’s also the first step in the Cyclo Montagnards R60 (completing a brevet series in less than 60% of the allowed time).
Fitness levels are looking good for Paris.