49.095km with 1189m climb in 2:58:00. 3 hour Mtbo score Abertillery. Dry but a strong southerly wind. Clockwise loop fairly obvious to have the wind right with long southerly bit on cycle path in trees. Long slog up onto ridge stopped a bit soon for one turn. decided to skip 29 which may of been wrong. Missed turn on Pwll du, I thought I knew this bit but clearly not. Two out and backs on the top. Not sure if this order right. Fast along cycle track out and back up to 15. Big push up initial bit to 25. Not sure on rout to finish decided on out and back road to 24 advantage of wind on climb back up. Skipped up to 22 and back which was probably not right as Gary made it work. Great downhill through 23 and down to 13. Urban down to 14 and then slog back up to the start via 3 and 1.
A bit early so 23 instead of 14 would of worked. Still looks like enough to win.
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IpBikeOK looking at Garys times. Out and back for 29 was 12 mins. My route around Pwll du was better especially without my 3 min error. Out and back for 22 was 11 mins. Out and back for 24 which is the one I did was 14. Garys getting 29 and 22 and skipping 5 and 25 looks like a better route maybe I could of done it and still got 14 at the end for 20 more points. Or just 22 instead of 14 would of been 10 more points.
Gary could of equaled my score there is a big pause and 2 2 min type errors in there accounting for his penaltys.