So under orders headed off onto the course. Its made up of two laps of 30+ miles followed by two laps of a smaller circuit which made it up to the 100 miles, all four laps had one stretch of road - Ham street - long and exposed - and not the best road surface in the world. First lap 1:18 there abouts, 13 mins to do ham street (road to hell). Felt relatively good spinning into the wind and powering a long on the descents (max 38mph) and when I had a tail wind. Second lap pass a car at the side of the road with 50 miles to go in the window, quick time check 2:08 - must be going great guns!
No check avg speed 22.5 hmm something doesn`t stack up. Later found out at the HQ car had been parked in the wrong place. 
Third lap came and went, neck and shoulders starting to stiffen, only riders 60,61,62,63 and 70 (who won the event with 4:07 I think) by this point the number of riders passed by me was into double figures, this included a good number of the faster field, this made feel good and that I was coping with conditions. Fourth lap starting to really suffer coming upto the road to Hell 4.30, I knew it had taken me approx 13 mins on first lap and I`m sure slower on the subsequent ones, so I burried myself into the wind spinng my legs like my life depended on it I wanted to at least 4.30 something. Passed 43, thats 12 mins into him, appearances can be deceiving. Crossed the line with 4.40.2? I`m sure this is also one of my better times for riding this event.Though I have a pb 4:16:? under the conditions I was happy as I had survived bring on the SCCU 50 next week
I`m used to being up early to commute in, so I figure if I race around the same time its not a shock to the body and mind, thats why I`m not a fan of afternoon events.
