I did it! 3 hours and 10 minutes for the 39 mile round trip from Mancheser to Liverpool. I'm pretty pleased with the time, I wanted to average a steady pace of over 10mph for the whole ride which I achieved (my target was to do it in 3hrs 30 mins). It was a great ride, weather was hot - which made the going hard at times - however the scenery was lovely. Felt great to ride into Liverpool with everyone clapping. It's a good stake in the ground for the Manchester to Blackpool (62 miler) which I'm doing on the 12th July. Here's a piccie of me setting off (excuse the white legs, should have placed an ad in the paper to warn everyone!). Hardest bit of the ride was a monster hill at the 36 mile point, it was a killer! However, benefit was the last two miles were downhill. Overall, a great experience and I'm looking forward to pushing myself on the next one.
