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hippy
Thanks for the tips both. Been resting all week (well in terms of biking as work has been pretty gruesome) apart from a short very easy ride last night testing the bike I'd chosen to ride for the event. Snapped a bloody spoke though so may well revert to the touring bike as I don't have another compatible wheel for bike choice #1.
Will definitely try to enjoy it and am trying to view it as an opportunity to ride my bike all day rather than put myself under excess pressure to "race". He longest TT I've done is a 50 but I've done some longer rides this year including a 150 miler and 300k audax so feel reasonably confident I'll be able to hang on for 12 hours if I don't try to be silly and go too hard.
I've never ridden for this long/far without cafe stops for "proper" food so hard to know what to do for nutrition as I have no real experience of what I'm facing on Sunday. But reckon if I put lots of options in a cool box in my friend's car (I don't have any dedicated support but a mate doing it has said I can sling a bag in his support car) then I should be ok. Lots of water, lots of premixed energy/recovery drinks and lots of different food options (bananas, energy bars, cereal bars, sandwiches, cakes etc) and I think I should be ok. Hopefully.
Any others thoughts or suggestioned welcomed. :0)