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Southern Sportive 2008

September 14, 2008 in Cycle, Event, Southern Sportive, Uncategorized Digg! this story! Digg! this story. by Adrian Fitch

 

This year’s Southern Sportive was just as much fun as last year’s but also had the same problem. Signing on was a breeze and the course was fantastically signed. The route was fast and challenging with many short climbs sprinkled across a sweeping roller coaster ride around the lanes of the West Sussex and Hampshire border. Only the long queue at the finish to hand back the timing chips and get our t-shirts and results marred an otherwise perfect day out.

Not everything went exactly to plan across the day but Michael and I just got on with it and put in a stunning time (for us). Our official time was 6:01, taking nearly 15 minutes off last year’s time. It put us solidly amongst the Silver finishers, almost 20 minutes ahead of Bronze and around 20 minutes away from Gold. It will be interesting to see our overall finishing position once the results are posted tomorrow and see how our rankings changed at each feed stop.

[Update 16 September]

Photos now up on takeyourpics.co.uk.

Results from southernsportive.com for Full, Mid and Short Routes.

The results are bit screwed up at the moment with the fastest rider appearing to complete the 155 km (96 miles) Full Route at an average speed of 101 kph (63 mph). Looking at our results, we overtook around 170 riders with only 30 starting in the group after us but nearly 200 finishing after we did.

Workout:

  • Type: Cycle
  • Date: 09/14/2008
  • Time: 08:50:00
  • Total Time: 5:39:00.00
  • Average Heart rate: 147
  • Distance: 154 km
  • Average Speed: 27.26 kmph
  • Ascent: 1,836 m
  • Average Cadence: 76

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2 comments

September 14, 2008 at 9:17 pm

Karl On Sea

Looks like an excellent ride - how’s the virtual world tour doing?

September 15, 2008 at 6:26 am

Adrian Fitch

It was a wonderful day out.

As for my virtual world tour, in the past twelve months cycling and I’ve ridden from my home in London to Meiktila in Burma. That’s around 11,000 km (6,800 miles) with 60%-ish from commuting and the rest from training and events.