My First Audax

With a plan to do some Audaxs in the summer. I hadn’t managed any so in October a thought I better try one. There was a few but due to my location in the U.K there was not a great choice. I found one. The Dartmoor Devil 100k and it started only an hour and a half away. So it was booked. I was a bit worried about managing to follow route sheets. Seemed a bit complex all the directions but this all worked out fine. It was not as hard as it seemed. Just memorize the next direction as soon as you past the last. The route itself was hard. I am sure it took in as many climbs as possible in the short route and my god there is a lot in this area. A big bonus was that at each checkpoint there was also cake. It was a nice sociable ride. As they are not races people ride together at a pace that you can converse. Which makes it far more enjoyable and you can take time out for photos etc. Although it was tough I really enjoyed the day and next year I have already signed up to three for next year. Im also hoping to up the distance. So hoping to complete the Avalon 400k in June. So that’s what I have to aim for.