I was very disappointed to get to Physiques this morning to find 6 other maniacs willing to take on the weather...I was hoping I would be alone and be able to turn back home. It started wet, the middle section was mainly wet, with a little rain to finish us off.
7 of us left with Tom dropping off as we went through Pencoed I believe to pick his own tailored route. We carried on through to Llanharan where we headed south towards Llanharry and down into Brynsadler. Picking up the road to Cowbridge I was dropped twice (the blame was put solely on the cold muscles, not the fact that I couldn't keep up with the 4 pacers). Kudos to Mike for sticking in there and Steve Curry for dropping back and pacing me back to the group. Climbing out of Cowbridge we headed to Llandow then headed west along the return leg of the Club 10.
After St Brides my legs were numb and my feet were like ice blocks so returned back to Bridgend via Death Valley and the remaining 5 continued round the Ogmore Loop. Strava informs me that the remainers didn't do much more and ditched the rest of the ride after the coastal loop.
Well done to the 'character builders' today, and surprisingly saw a good amount of equally mad cyclists en route. Out today were
Me (cold muscles)
Tom (top shorts)
Steven (smiled so much his cheeks hurt)
Steve Curry (super domestique)
Mike (tractor driver)
Nigel (rain unfazes him)
Greg (tried to get there too late but unfortunately not late enough to miss us)
RR1/smashfest next week. Check the website for details and remember it's open to non-members too so bring a friend if you want
Cheers
Nick
