Over to Essex yesterday morning for the Maldon & District CC 25 on the sporting E21 course.
I've ridden the 10 & 50 versions before, but not the 25. Nice course, all on quiet rolling country lanes near Steeple and Bradwell. Out and back on the 10 course to start, then a loop of the 50 course to finish.
Not sure how they'd seeded the field, but I had a zero on my bum. No way was I a top seed, as demonstrated by the 2 and 5 behind me who caught me, and my lowly 27th place out of 49 finishers.
4 people got under the hour (fastest was a 54) and I grovelled round in 1:06:37.
Never mind, the cakes were nice.