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It's still encouraging I think.
I'm much better rested than I was before my 400, where I got so stressed I went into it on about 4 hours sleep.
It's helpful that the gps course for WCW breaks it down into 10 separate tracks, which means I'll hopefully only ever be thinking as to whether I can make it another 60k to the next control.
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That is the best approach. Control to control. And probably get some more sleep in now. There is an awful lot of time on an audax I learnt last weekend on the BCM. My knee made it a 13.5h day two with 12.5h on the bike which was a bit of a constant pootle. A full value rider needs the strongest nerves.
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I did my first and only 300k 3 days after breaking my big toe and my rib, sort of talked the doctor into admitting that I wasn't likely to do any further damage to them by cycling, so got some strong painkillers and went for it. Rode to the start and back as well so turned out about 350k in all I think. It's sort of a different thing though and although I was in a fair bit of pain I didn't feel "run down" like you might with a cold, and it's not nearly as far as a 600 so not a great help. Tried my best!