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Aha, a man who lives and breathes these things :-)
Cheers for that. I should be around to do the Gorrick 100. Having the option of choosing how many laps to aim for looks useful. It's also far enough away that I'll have lost some weight/gained some fitness by then.
After a few years of SS, I'm going geared now, so will set myself a very slow pace.
BareNecessities
It's a great event but it is mentally very tough to ride the whole 12hours.
I'd suggest that whatever your training you do some races beforehand. Gorrick is a great organiser - I'd consider the Gorrick 100 at the start of May even if it's just to do the one lap and the Summer Monkey in June.
Remove all thoughts of rigid from your head. It's a rooty course. Every little niggle magnifies and becomes painful.
12hrs is basically a Z2 effort with more on some of the hills just to get up. It's perfectly acceptable to walk up hills - I walked one from the start and still got on the podium.
We should do a guided ride down there - it's possible to do most of the course.