12\03\16 - The Horsepower 200km Audax

Hilly, slow, rain & headwinds.  A bleak day with no cheer.  Fortunately this event had none of these!  A cold and foggy start from Dunmow at 07:30 on a reasonably flat route.  The occasional hill (pimple) just to warm things up a bit.  Soon settled into a good rhythm and tried to maintain this tempo throughout.  Through Sudbury, Lavenham and then up to Snetterton to watch a few of the cars whizzing around the track before slogging back to Dunmow via Newmarket.  With a minimal amount of stoppage time (42mins) I ended up completing the Audax in as fast a time as I've ever done.  My moving time at 200 was eight hours thirty-five minutes.  Got back at 17:05.  The fog took a while to clear, but when the sun did appear at about 14:00 it turned into a fine day that never really warmed up.  Still no rain, minimal winds and no major hills to climb made it a good day to remember - that doesn't happen often!  PW.