I moved up to Norfolk 7.5 weeks ago. Since then I've spent 1.5 weeks in Lanzarote, and been away nearly every weekend for a sportive or some other event. When I was searching for cycling and triathlon happenings in Norfolk I found details about this sportive, or three day cycling festival. There are shorter routes you can do, but there is a 100 mile route on Saturday and Sunday, and a 50 mile route on the Monday (along with a time trial course, mountain bike course and a heap of other cool stuff).
Today I covered more of Norfolk than I've seen before, and it was just excellent. I'm sorry that there aren't more photos on this blog of the sights I see, but even if I was better at taking photos on the bike I'm not a good enough photographer to give any idea of the overall atmosphere or feeling I get as I ride along these country lanes, or this coastal road.
There were feed stations at the 53km and 106km marks (I will not convert to miles!!!), and after the first station I was having a bit of a dawdle on my own, and for the first time in a while I thought, you know what, I'm living the dream. While this reverie was most enjoyable, I also enjoyed latching onto a couple of guys overtaking me shortly after the revelation, which turned into two hours of building a train and putting the hammer down for at least two hours. The result being an average speed of 29 kmph for a 167km ride (who says Norfolk is flat? Well the elevation graph below which is in feet and my average speed!).
Big win today- I was able to stick with a good group of cyclists all day, put the hammer down, and not fade. I'm interested to see how I go tomorrow, and Monday with more and more kms in my legs. It is a great confidence boost to ride on this flat course and get some speed up, and it was also great to ride with such a friendly bunch of people.
Today I covered more of Norfolk than I've seen before, and it was just excellent. I'm sorry that there aren't more photos on this blog of the sights I see, but even if I was better at taking photos on the bike I'm not a good enough photographer to give any idea of the overall atmosphere or feeling I get as I ride along these country lanes, or this coastal road.
There were feed stations at the 53km and 106km marks (I will not convert to miles!!!), and after the first station I was having a bit of a dawdle on my own, and for the first time in a while I thought, you know what, I'm living the dream. While this reverie was most enjoyable, I also enjoyed latching onto a couple of guys overtaking me shortly after the revelation, which turned into two hours of building a train and putting the hammer down for at least two hours. The result being an average speed of 29 kmph for a 167km ride (who says Norfolk is flat? Well the elevation graph below which is in feet and my average speed!).
Big win today- I was able to stick with a good group of cyclists all day, put the hammer down, and not fade. I'm interested to see how I go tomorrow, and Monday with more and more kms in my legs. It is a great confidence boost to ride on this flat course and get some speed up, and it was also great to ride with such a friendly bunch of people.
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