Pinelands Three Hundo, M'Kay.
Good day out there today. Did the things I normally do. Pull from the gun to drag out players, pick players off to find who's a contender, try to break contender.
With my Swedish Meatball friend Frederik in the break, I could skip step 2 and 3.
There was also a pretty bad crash early on that put a guy in the hospital and another home for the day. A third was injured but carried on at a slower pace. Avoiding these are why I usually put in the effort to ride up front where it's safe. Anywhoo...
Frederik and I took 5 mile pulls all day long. Super steady 20+ MPH average. No one tried to make it harder, we just rode clean and smooth all day.
The non-manned Controls shot the hopes of a sub 10-hour day, even though our pace would've easily put us there. We did shave 3 hours and 11 minutes off the old course record but this is only a second year Brevet.
Felt good all day. Like I was out for a normal ride. The Tarmac continues to impress, it can do no wrong. More comfy than any steel bike even with 60mm carbon wheels. Newer is actually faster, and lighter, and better, it's not just a sales pitch...
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