I had Boltinghouse in my Calendar tonight and I just got home in time to do it all, including the extended cooldown, in the light. I headed out as usual down Bullock Road but the rest periods were such that I cut down to the old A1 at Stilton. I would normally cut down to the Old A1 further south but I was conscious (although I had a front light) of not going so far south that the cooldown would be in the dark.
Ignoring one bizarre interval. I think I ran out of legs towards the end.
You can probably see from the power target graph my one bizzare incident. As I was coming to the end of an interval in Stilton I saw a Merc stopped in the middle of the road between parked cars either side, blocking it for a van who wanted to go through. The Merc driver seemed to be determined to get into a space that wasn’t there or maybe she was trying to pull right to block the van driver more. So I held back and let her do whatever she wanted. As I approached easing off the power she still wouldn’t budge or even indicate, despite the van driver being patient and giving her plenty of room to come through. After a bit of track standing, I eventually over took on her right (drivers side). At which point she yells, “don’t undertake” (that would have been her left, the opposite side
). A which point the van driver said, “Don’t worry mate I saw what she done”. Had she been trying to goad me into undertaking so she could teach me a lesson I didn’t need
Light was fading fast and I thought about fitting the front light I had in my pocket but I decided not too but it wont be long before I have too.
