• I needed my iPod to motivate my self up the hills, lots of aggressive
    music.

    This might be a mistake on endurance rides. On endurance rides that are not races, hills are to be ridden up and not raced up. Keep your heart rate low. Always be able to hold a conversation. If you take them hard, you will exhaust yourself. If you take them easy, you can go on forever.

    Think hare and tortoise.

  • Think hare and tortoise.

    Best to save the pub until after the ride cliveo, unless you're a trained professional such as myself.

  • Best to save the pub until after the ride cliveo, unless you're a
    trained professional such as myself.

    Indeed, drinking Guinness until 4am before a 600 mile ride is the stuff of champions.

    But you were younger then and had a green beard.

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