Back home after my 52km bike ride.
It's seriously breezy out there - more so than I expected.
Plus, I must have planned the route to include every hill in south Leicestershire!
Still, it's completed and it's within time, so I can submit it for validation as a #AudaxUK BP ride. My first in a couple of decades (I need to check that).
Now, I'm absolutely knackered.
This ride was part of my attempt to get bike fit again, and completing an Audax ride was one of my milestones.
Checking my records - I've ridden 150km in April 2026, the last time I exceeded that total was in August 2016 when I rode 321kn.
The last ride of greater than 52km was in December 2016 when I rode to Northampton (but not back). That ride was just under 57km
My last Audax BP ride was also a DIY ride of 113km in July 2016 - but I don't think I submitted that ride for validation (for reasonsâ„¢)
I have no records of any validated #AudaxUK rides since January 2014 - I have the paper records though!
Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺