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Finished TAW this morning, after trying to push through last night I was hallucinating and Nodding off on the bike despite having just had a coffee, a red bull and an energy gel with 150mg of caffeine. I'd also taken all my warm clothes off in the hope the cold would keep me awake.
I ended up reluctantly bivying for a few hours, the gap between me and the person behind was big enough that it didn't really matter though. Happy with how it went despite being held back by total of about a day/half a day by mechanicals, its all part of the game though.
Interestingly some TCR/Transam veterans said TAW was as hard/harder cause of the constant unrelenting headwind (inevitable if riding SW in Ireland), it always being rolling hills and the extremely unpredictable weather.
Also very impressed with Paula Regener's performance, especially coming off not much training due to recently breaking her ankle, I think she could do really well if she carries on with these races.