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Rode my first Audax at the weekend, the Oasts and Coasts 300. A bit of everything. First 55 miles or so were wet, cold, lumpy and mainly into a headwind. I have glass extremities so I lost all feeling in my feet and hands, well they were bloody painful, so not all the feeling, but they were strangely numb.
It dried up from around Battle onwards, so I threw my "waterproof" socks in the bin at the cafe and replaced them with dry ones and from that point on the whole thing was much much more fun. I rode with a friend, apart from about 45 miles where we managed to get split up. Fortunately we were apart at the time he accidentally followed through on a fart so I was spared from watching him having to use his emergency toilet kit to clean up ;-) Too many gels/energy drinks me thinks!
There were flat sections where it was effortless to bang along at 22mph+ and times where the hills felt longer and harder than they should. At times I felt weak and tired and wondered if we'd make the finish, but at other times felt like 10 bears, including the last 10 miles or so when I seemed to get second wind (fortunately without following through).
This is the furthest I've ridden in one go by some margin and the sense of achievement/satisfaction at finishing was comparable to anything I've done in cycling before. Still tired now though!
http://www.strava.com/activities/135502997