A group of 7 started together, and rapidly became a group of 3 - Tim, Craig and Paul who went for a 60 km sprint - and our team of 4 comprised of Dave, Peter, James and Marius, who went into the Williams Woolshed for coffee and a rest.
The tail wind was great, but it really meant that we went faster for the same amount of pain as usual! Coming back was a trial. Sometimes we were cruising along at 35-40 then the gusts would come and we would be back to 20 km/hr and working hard. And the hills at the end were not friendly. Marius discovered that he had a small chain ring, and what's more Marius has a smaller one than most (!) which meant he still had two cogs to go when I had run out. We are all learning to improve our cycling setup and pedaling technique, and it counts on those longer hard rides.
Overall, we did about 67 km, averaged about 27.5 km/hr, and took about 2 hr 24 min. That is a lot of 'abouts' because I forgot to reset when we left and got back.
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