Re: Merlin Ride 2012

[butcherboy]

A great days cycling. My Majorca pal and newest member Gareth and i met at the start and decided to give it a bit of a go.

There was a slight delay at the start of about 15 mins. I think some people turned up a bit late. I got there at 7 30, which was about 2 hours later than last year! Still in plenty of time to get ready!

Great route the merlin, some hard climbs but plenty of fast roads. Gareth and i were at the feed station in Newcastle Emlyn at 10 to 1 and if we could get back by 2 15 we could break 6 hours. Once we done the 4 mile climb out of Emlyn past the windmills i knew it was a fast finish. We rode our pants off and as we crossed the timing mat the clock said 6hrs 40secs. I don`t know wether that was our offical time but we were still pleased with it.

Just like to thank Gareth for the company really enjoyed it. And good luck to him as he is riding a very hard sportiff in the alps next weekend.

Didn`t see many dynamos out. Saw Dan at the start and Swanny at the finish who posted a great time again, well done.