Thursday 23 July 2009

Stage 11

With the disappointment of stage 8 still lingering over us we purposefully rose and aimed our wheels for Bordeaux (a full 190k away). An excellent start along perfect racing roads gave us a real confidence that we could get there and in doing so smash our record of 140k. The new tactic of 'not stopping for lunch' worked well and before we knew it we were 80k in. Surprisingly we have not seen to many other people touring on bikes so when we finally met some we'd destroy them in a race. 'Mark&Adam' 1 - '3 girls & 2 guys' 0.
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As the sun came out and the air got hotter the going became much more difficult but we managed to get through this and make it to Bordeaux. The day feels like an achievement because of the distance travelled (around the same as a TDF stage), we did it with panniers and also because our train leaves Tuesday morning and now we have a free day tomorrow.

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