Dunrun
a couple of weeks ago i did the Dunwich Dynamo for the first time:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunwich_Dynamo

having never gone even half the 120 mile distance before, let alone at night, i was a bit daunted. there were many many beautiful moments though.

10:00 - out of London and into the country lanes without a car in sight and all i could see was the blinking red led lights of other cyclists stretching off into the distance.
11:30 - finding a pub open in the arse end of nowhere.
4:30 - it finally getting lightwer and cycling against a backdrop of a beautiful sunrise.
6:00 - a sign outside someone's house advertising bacon sarnies and tea for people doing the ride
7:30 - seeing a sign saying 'Dunwich 7'
8:00 - collapsing on the beach
10:00 - this chap turning up:

www.flickr.com/photos/marcusjb/4826725831/

i'd seen him first in hackney and didn't think the dog would actually be coming with him, but he was at the pub at 11:30, asleep on a bench with the dog curled up on his lap at 2:00 and then finally in Dunwich at 10:00. I was already having a swim in the glorious north sea when both of them came bounding into the water. beautiful moment. What an ace pet.
(Alphabet Soap boshboshboshbosh, Fri 6 Aug 2010, 10:35, Reply)