Alan Fox Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Entered The Erit Lass Audax http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/13-22/ Any company welcome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted August 28, 2013 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Looks great Alan. Would have been up for this but I'm darn saaf that weekend. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al yuille Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 How did it go Alan ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Fox Posted September 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 31 folk started out at 08:00 from Musselburgh in warm morning sunshine. Excellent 27km coastal route to North Berwick served as a warm-up with stunning views. Next 70k took us south west to Innerleithen (after a minor wrong turning!) for a welcome al fresco lunch break at the Whistle Stop cafe. 50k East then brought us to Duns for a second cafe stop...very civilised this Audax riding! Final leg took us West back to Musselburgh. This was by far the hardest leg. With 150k already in your legs the climbing also started in earnest. However, stunning scenery, essentially good roads and company more than made up for grinding out the climbs. The Scotch pie at the end was a welcome reward! In the saddle for the 200k with 3000m of climbing for 07:58. Couple of cafe stops took total time to over 9 hrs. May also have had a bit left over at the end...possibly aiming at a 300k next year. Great day on the bike, obviously made better by the weather. Thoroughly recommend this route and Audaxes in general for anyone looking to get the miles in their legs or to try something different in another part of the country. Looking forward to the next 200km Audax installment this Sun...4th in 5 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life Members chung Posted September 9, 2013 Life Members Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Great stuff Alan! Sounds like a cracker, any pictures to show by any chance? 4 Audax in 5 weeks ............ I only managed 2 in 9 years of cycling (does the Nova Colli count? If so then 3) so well done my friend! See you on the road soon! Cheers Chung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Fox Posted September 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Sorry Chung...no pictures...but big Ronnie says it's time you did a few more Audax runs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Life Members chung Posted September 9, 2013 Life Members Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Alan, Was Big Ronnie there as well? According to Campbell, he's officially a professional cyclist now :-) He's right, I must do more! Well, that's the plan for next year anyway. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Fox Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Chung, Ronnie has been at the last three events that I've taken part in. Even managed to finish just ahead of him at the Erit Lass...but he did have a minor detour at the end...even the pros get it wrong! But I'm claiming a moral victory anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions ginty001 Posted September 10, 2013 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Sounds like fun Alan, maybe get to a few next year myself..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EPCC Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Alan You will be growing a beard soon and getting excited over panniers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Fox Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Billy, It's a close call on shaving legs or growing a beard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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