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I got through in little under 13 hours. First 100k I was flying averaging well over 30kph. Then things took a turn for the worse and it was pretty horrible hitting the head wind in the rain. I was wet and miserably alone fighting up the hills in the middle of the night. As the sun came up I eventually started to warm up and during the last bit (50k or so) I was passing people all the time even though I couldn't find a good group. I'm little bummed I could not do the ride in under 12 hours so I think I'm hooked. Next time I will be starting early in the morning instead of the evening. I doubt I would go ever try it fixed though. The hills are long and I think long downhills would just murder my knees that were hurting already now.