Realising that I could get to the start from Birmingham with an early train to Watford junction I entered this ride. We gathered at a pub near the lido. I had a banana and injected 1 unit of novorapid. An older female rider chatted to me while we waited for the ride to begin. She was much faster than me and after overtaking me at 5km I didn't see her again until the switch back at the first control. The first section involved a lot of riding on main roads but improved further on. The first control was a village hall with a vast array of cakes on offer including a particularly tasty date flapjack, I should have had 2 of them. In Oxford I was unsure exactly where we needed to control, there was mention of a sainsbury's on the route sheet but there were lots of sainsburys in Oxford. Soon enough I found the correct one and a number of bikes leaning against the wall. A grabbed a couple of pastries and was soon on my way. The ride along cycle tracks around Didcot power station was interesting but for some reason I thought Didcot would be a pretty Oxfordshire market town with plenty of cafes. It isn't. I stopped at Didcot parkway station to get a receipt while other cyclists washed the mud off their bikes. The final control was a garage and then just one more info control before the end. I was pleased to catch up with another rider at this point and we rode the final 10km together. A joined 2 other audax riders in the pub for food before getting my train back to Birmingham. Overall not my favourite audax ride, quite a lot of main roads and not enough good cafes for me.
I started a new glucose sensor on the morning of the ride which was a bit risky but it worked fine. Glucose fairly high for the first half of the ride with 1 minor hypo in the afternoon. Didn't inject enough insulin for the pizza at the end.
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