The Classic is the hardest and longest of the three rides on the Burgess Hill Springtime Classic event. With it being 71 miles I thought it would be a great warm-up sportive ride in preparation for longer ones later in the summer. The course was hard for this time of the year and I thought that it would be an easy flattish route. Not knowing the area at all I thought that I would go and have a short ride on the Saturday to see the route. I completed 65 miles of the 71 mile route getting well acquainted with the hills which were spread out through West and East Sussex and Kent. With a distance of 71 miles (114km) and 1653 metres of climbing the route visited many hills like Pillow Mounds Hill, Kidds Hill, Groombridge hill and the infamous Cobb Lane hill. This last one was tough at 25% especially with loads of people getting off and walking. Even though there were some long climbs I got to relish some fantastic descents. I recorded a time of 4hrs 37mins and 15 secs. This awarded me a silver for my age group. I was really happy with the result seeing as though I had virtually done the route twice. I will not be making that mistake again.
Shane Atkinson
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