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April 13, 2014

First TT of the year this morning. 25 miles on the Colemans course; fairly hilly. Struggled a bit to be honest, did a 1:02:01 (more than 2 minutes off my PB on that course). Some photos to show the pain... Thanks to Arthur Venables for the photos.

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