Notes
Good, long, hard solo ride. Tried to take it easier at the beginning and got to Grafton in 27:46. Only pushed a bit on Route 103. The wind would come up sometimes and knock me down. Finished Grafton-Chester in 1:30:12 feeling pretty good and took a brief break to eat and drink. Was very tired for much of the Patch RD section but did well at the end and rode in just over 1:10, not slow by any means. This was just a tough route; 3300 feet of climbing with two cat 3s and one cat 5. I have a bit of a cold too, so overall I'm quite pleased with how I did. Was expecting/hoping to ride it around 2:45, and obviously I beat that. Pretty decent average speed for such a long one.