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Ride Thirteen — Two Hundred Miles Done
The last ride of the Cycle the Month Challenge — 37.88km on tired legs, over an old railway line to a coffee stop, and the two hundred miles finished inside the month.
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Rides Ten, Eleven and Twelve — Two Bikes and a Deadline
A short one indoors on Saturday, then two 30km rides in a single Sunday — one on the CX bike in a busy morning, one on the road bike in the evening. 78.39km across three rides, with the month almost out of days.
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Ride Nine — The One Before the Day Started
A night in the roof top tent, 18.71km along the water in Portsmouth at eight in the morning, a longer stop than usual for a flat white and a bacon roll, and a day that ended over coffee with the friend who is the reason this challenge stopped being abstract.
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Ride Eight — The Wrong Turn Worth Taking
The same gravel track as yesterday, a podcast I lost an hour to, and a wrong turn through tall trees that led past a pond, a family of ducks and a very familiar straggler — 30.34km, and I came home feeling better than when I left.
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Ride Seven — Quiet on the Gravel
29.72km on a quiet gravel track at the end of a very good Saturday — a walk through Ashdown Forest with my wife and the dog, the F1 sprint, qualifying, the football on in the background, and then out on the bike as it finally cooled down.
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Ride Six — Half an Hour Before Dinner
Thirty-two minutes on Zwift before dinner — 13.07km, 101m of climbing and no faffing with lights or kit. The shortest ride of the challenge so far, and the easiest one to say yes to.
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Ride Five — Four Seasons and a Volcano
My first indoor ride of the challenge — 25.07km on Zwift through Watopia, straight through the middle of a volcano, and harder than the road for reasons I didn't expect.
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Ride Four — The One with My Daughter
The slowest ride of the challenge so far, and comfortably the best one — 12.84km with my daughter, a stop halfway to listen to the birds, and a conversation I didn't expect.
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Ride Three — Chasing the Golden Hour
The best ride of the challenge so far — 30.72km through a golden-hour sunset, with the legs finally starting to settle into the month.