Wiggle ups and downs sportive

Saturday saw us do a quick 30 mile training ride. Not much to report from that except it was our first ride since March that we were able to wear shorts and shirts and..... We DIDN'T get wet! Amazing... The weather has not really been our side. I really hope that some warmer weather appears over the next two weeks!!

Today saw us do our longest ride yet. 96 miles in the Surrey Hills. It certainly went up and down. We managed 6000 ft of climbs in 7.5 hours including breaks. The first 20 miles was pretty hilly with some long climbs.
In the middle section we even managed to shoot up some short hills leaving some Lycra clad heroes in our wake. I even got a 'Well done' comment from the captain for my efforts there.... That doesnt happen very often so either he thinks I rarely put in effort or hes just a bit stingy with his praise??

We had some good comments from some of the other riders today... 'relentless' and ' amazing' are two of them.
Crossing a road today I got told off by the captain for not pedalling when I soo was and it appeared to me he wasn't!!
The last 20 miles was pretty hard going and mostly up hill but slowly does it is the answer. Managed an almost mile long 18% incline very slowly.... In fact so slow that our Garmin thought we had stopped!!!

All in all a good day out and legs don't feel that bad.