Cranbury 200k.
Yay, Brevet season is back!! This is my favorite course so I always look forward to this event. Had good legs today so I pulled the group apart early. 5 of us made the break about a mile out of the start. I kept pulling the pace up over 22-23mph to see who would be in it for the long haul. 1 guy and myself were taking double and triple pulls so I made a plan to ditch the group at the first Control. I hadn't drank any water up to that point so I literally had my card signed and just rode off, alone.
The other guy, also Jim, bridged across to me and we took turns pulling through to the 2nd Control. There I once again did a short stop and went on solo for the next 100k.
Bill Russel in his Velomobile went by me just after the last Control because I was riding into a pretty stiff headwind and he's super aero in his little missle thing.
I was aiming for an R50 and ended up missing it by 6 minutes, but as a consolation prize I set a new Bicycle course record of 6:51, 19 minutes faster than an 8 man group last year.
Fitness is really good right now, I honestly didn't feel like I was putting out an effort all day. It was nice to just go out and drill a 200k like it's a normal thing. 2nd place bike was over 40 minutes back, I was only 7 minutes behind Bill. Everyone else is still on course
The Tarmac is FAST!!