Mikes Myton Ride 16/03/14

[Deleted member 1258]

Starting from The Warwickshire Golf And Country Club in Leek Wootton on the 16th of March starting at 9:30am raising funds for the Myton Hospice, Choice of a short route and a long route, I'm told the routes will be the same as last year, though they haven't put up any details yet, last years routes are here
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2143810 Short Route
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2158922 Long Route
I did the long route in 2011, the first year, I missed this in 2012 due to illness and last year I had to swap to doing the short route after picking up a back injury at work a couple of days before the event, rode from memory after spending an hour studying the route in the morning before setting off and only made one navigating error.

https://www.facebook.com/Mikes.Myton

http://mikevaughan.co.uk/mikes-myton-ride/

 

[Deleted member 1258]

This years routes are here

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2h0346lgxz94jvf/Og6vAa_bte

 

[Deleted member 1258]

They've updated the routes
Long Route http://connect.garmin.com/course/5921220

Short Route http://connect.garmin.com/course/5921054

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I checked the bike over last night and got all my gear ready, walked out this morning to load the car and thought what a lovely March morning, a bit chilly with bright sunshine, drove over to the HQ t Leak Wooton and signed in, left about half an hour before the first group, and only seen a couple of groups of fast lads all the way round, hard work at times into the wind and a it got more than a bit lumpy in places, between Mickleton and Tysoe I did more climbing on one ride than I'd done for years, I also made the beginners mistake of going off to hard early, with the head wind I was picking a gear and rhythm that was comfortable and with the tail wind I was getting on the big ring and getting the hammer down, I did the first 50 miles in 3 1/4 hours, but climbing Windmill lane with around 60 miles gone I ran out of legs and ended up crawling the last 20 miles, a good day in the Saddle raising money for a good cause, I'm knackered now but its happy tired.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

We raised over £2000 on Sunday

https://www.facebook.com/Mikes.Myton

Thank you to everybody who came out in support of Myton hospice.
We raised over £2000.

 

[ColinJ]

That's a great fund-raising effort!