It was a lovely day. Lovely course. Challenging climbs and fun, safe descents. But something was “off”. I didn’t feel the love for much of the day.

I also sprayed myself in my own blood after hitting a pot hole, throwing a chain and then refitting it with some kind of new-fangled thumb slicing method I’d not previously used.

Muchos Gracias to cliveo for driving me there and back. Sunlight, tan, consider yourselves repped!

Silver in 4:23.

claus left me behind early on and got a gold time. Well done!

Cyclosport.org rate Surrey Rumble difficulty as 7 and Burgess Hill Classic as a 6!! I call rubbish!

Burgess Hill Spring Classic (114k)

274W normalized power (does a better job of accounting for power spikes)

212W avg power

148 avg HR

3249kJ

474.7 TSS (training stress score)

Surrey Rumble (125k)

249W normalized power

205W avg

143 avg HR

3147kJ

389.2 TSS