It had two routes with the epic route consisting of 62 miles in and around the Isle of Wight with some absolutely spectacular coastal views,long & gradual but also enjoyable climbs as well as a few short steep ones to get the juices flowing!

I targeted this event as my comeback ride as due to one reason or another I  have had a bad run of event withdrawals and cancellations in the middle to later part of 2011 so I was unsure of my form and although I felt good I needed to try it on the road properly against the clock and that\'s exactly what I did!.

As per usual in the sportive world the event had 3 finishing standards of Gold/Silver & Bronze and I managed to set a time of 4 hours and 15 minutes  putting me high up into the Silver time bracket and frustratingly just outside of the Gold standard by 7 minutes! Those 7 minutes will linger in my mind for quite a while to come as it was so close but I cannot complain as I rode hard and gave it my all and it proved that I was in the form that I thought I was and I felt great on the road.

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the day & went home more pleased than I am able to describe with the result as it actually topped all of my past results,not bad for a comeback eh?