Well, just how wrong can a 24hr forecast be? Arrived in the square to fog, headed out to Bishopwood with a group of just under a dozen and more fog, and duly set off for five swift laps in, you've guessed it, fog.
Not that it seemed to slow things down; despite junctions being rather nervous affairs the roads were dry and so good progress was made. The presence of Kit Gilham certainly didn't slow things down but he was very well-behaved and it all stuck pretty much together until halfway round the final lap where the group split in two. I'm afraid I was concentrating too hard on the wheel in front to indulge in much button-pressing, but a bit of on-screen analysis suggests a first lap of 23.6mph and each subsequent lap winding up a bit faster, with 24.1mph overall and Normalised Power at just over 250W.
I reckon the past few Saturdays have pretty much done what they were designed to do - anyone heading into early season races (ie my kinda races, not Kit's kinda races) shouldn't get too many surprises as far as speed is concerned - although it'll vary a lot more than the steady pace of these rides. With the chaingang starting next Tuesday, what does everyone want from the Saturday rides? Do you want to continue with these kind of sessions, or should we return to the N/S/E/W winter routes but just wind the pace up a bit as they go along? Or alternate? Thoughts on here, please...