I participated in my first Audax event today...commenced at 0500 in the dark, and it was a eerie feeling in a tight peleton of strangers, on a road that was in fair to poor condition and shared with drying rice from the farms, with only fairly weak lighting from bike headlights.
My picture is of the first stop at Prasat Ban Pluang (Khmer ruin site) after riding for 45km...very enjoyable breakfast of rice porridge with the sun just risen.
The ride covered 211km total...the longest ride I have ever done. Organisation by Audax was excellent, and my fellow riders were friendly...I cannot blame organisers for me taking a wrong turn and riding at least 10km extra, or for a motorcyclist riding off his farm without looking and knocking me off my bike at about 190km from the start! I have a bit of skin off both legs and feels like the right shoulder AC joint is separated again...bike needs some work and helmet is wrecked.
Anyway, I finished in a respectable time...now feeling satisfied, but knackered!
My picture is of the first stop at Prasat Ban Pluang (Khmer ruin site) after riding for 45km...very enjoyable breakfast of rice porridge with the sun just risen.
The ride covered 211km total...the longest ride I have ever done. Organisation by Audax was excellent, and my fellow riders were friendly...I cannot blame organisers for me taking a wrong turn and riding at least 10km extra, or for a motorcyclist riding off his farm without looking and knocking me off my bike at about 190km from the start! I have a bit of skin off both legs and feels like the right shoulder AC joint is separated again...bike needs some work and helmet is wrecked.
Anyway, I finished in a respectable time...now feeling satisfied, but knackered!
Here is a slideshow of some images made by the Official Photographer for the event...
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