Today saw me and Gemma tackling the Peak District Pioneer. A 75K organised event that was designed to gauge how our training is going.
Our preparation was less than ideal with a wedding evening do the night before and a 4:14am alarm clock to get ready. Get ready we did and off we shot to Bakewelll to sign in for the start.
After a frantic chase to find a toilet we signed in got the bikes ready and headed to the start.
We have done one of these events before and they are well set up with good feed stations and plenty of signs so we don't get lost.
Although the routes are designed to be suitable for Cyclo Cross bikes it was good to have a couple of good technical climbs and fun descents thrown in, although with all the bikers we saw pushing perhaps we were alone in enjoying those bits!
As warned the weather came in at about half way and rained on we did get. Still it remained a good day and although we weren't the fastest we nailed the steep bits that saw so many pushing, got more miles under the belt and even bagged a medal.
It was then home and straight to bed to catch up on our sleep!
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