Ruthin CRC marathon and #September100

Well, it would appear that I have ridden my bike 3 times this month...
Yes, 3 times, and it is already the 21st! Kielder 100 made for a good ride out so didn't get out apart from a blast for the usual Wednesday night ride, busy for the next weekend, knackered for the next Wednesday night ride and doing some bike fettling and then it was Ruthin.

Still, it seems to have worked, as you may have noticed if you go to Singletrackworld (and read everything) or noticed on here, I finished it!

Only saw the tail end motorbikes/quads as I started the final climb, turns out I was DFL but blazed crawled past the food stop without stopping (no need) and passed a guy on the way up. Actually rode with him for a while but once we got to some of the more draggy grassy stuff at the end I wanted to keep a rhythm I was comfy with so slowly pulled away.

Then I caught another guy on the descent through the woods! Pulled him in from a long way back, flew down the end of the descent, pounded along the road, and he passed me on the little rise actually in Ruthin, so I "let" him finish ahead of me.

But I finished it, all. I have been the last on the road before, but didn't complete the whole distance, have been cut off at time checks before but this time it was every last soggy, slippy, greasy, spongey mile. And I loved it all (almost).

Walking into the river to scrape off the mud before showering in the campervan was simply a bonus :-)