Brief update: 22/5 - Night ride into London and a lot learnt

I'm alive and awake!  Friday night was a tough night.  I'll put up a full run down in the next couple of days, but my night was something like the:

• Good start and first 60 miles or so, see people drinking on a Friday night out in Lincoln.
• Head out on some good roads, test bits of the route and enjoy the lack of traffic.
• Turn south - hit by 9 hours of 5-15mph headwinds and around 6 hours of rain
• Ged joined me for the last limp into London after burning way too many calories fighting the wind.

A Ged.  Lead out my to knacked legs on the Mall.

What I've learnt.

• Core temperature is the hardest thing to control on these rides.
• Hydration when all shops are closed at 3.30am turns you into the garden tap tinkerer.
• Changing the route from LEL to a faster route taking the dark and A-roads into account makes a lot more sense
• A414/M11 roundabout = death.
• London Cycle Superhighway is great, but a lot of lights.

Other bits I'll try to write up:

• Met some interesting people at 24 hour garages and LBS's.
• Sleep wasn't too much of an issue, least not as much as I thought it would be.
• London drivers are crap.

Quick Strava shot.