/\ that's the way to do it - I put down a ridiculous 4 hour estimate this year as I wanted to try to get into an early wave. That time is totally out of my reach but it gave me a lot of wheels to follow at the beginning and after they'd pushed on the course wasn't too congested. In fact I found myself riding on my own or in groups of 2/3 for sections of it.
/\ that's the way to do it - I put down a ridiculous 4 hour estimate this year as I wanted to try to get into an early wave. That time is totally out of my reach but it gave me a lot of wheels to follow at the beginning and after they'd pushed on the course wasn't too congested. In fact I found myself riding on my own or in groups of 2/3 for sections of it.