2011 was the year of my baptism in riding Audax in the UK. Pete Mastenko was my cicerone through the whole Super Randonneur series we rode that year. A few things have changed since.
I am a much stronger cyclist than I was 15 years ago. I rode this 3Down with the intention of riding easy all day, just enjoying the ride. My average heart rate back then was 120bpm. It was 115bpm on this ride and I was more than 3 hours faster.
I am now a much more experienced rider too. That ride in 2011 was the 35th time I had ridden a road bike in my life. This one was my 3,465th time.
I am a much more experienced Audaxer too. That was my first 300k in the UK. This was my 16th 300k out of 80 Audax events I have ridden so far.
But there are a few things that never change…
I do have a ride report for that ride, both in Spanish and (broken) English. The attached pictures are from that report. Back then I wrote how we had ridden 316.93 kilometres, 10 km more than the official route. This time I rode 316.79, 3 km more than the official route.
In both cases because I got lost.
I am improving though. 3km is less than 10km. I have done the math and at this pace of improvement I’ll be able to ride a 300k Audax in the UK without getting lost by 2033.
I’ll make sure I ride the 3Down again in 2033 to see if my hypothesis is correct.
The ride in Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/18719701214
Take care of yourself
Javier Arias González
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