giofox-
Well, yeah, it seems obvious but I was going to try a primarily bivvy race to save time with checkin/checkout at hotels. If I don't sleep properly though, there's not much point using a bivvy.
Also a faff looking for bivvy spots, getting shot by Americans, setting up and pulling it down and the kit I'm testing here isn't going to work in the US anyway since it's way hotter there.So, I'm going to hotel/motel it and use the bivvy when I need quicker naps.
I bought a lightweight 3/4 sleep pad which was nice but having used it I want a full sized one as my legs did get very cold. Perhaps I would've been more comfortable looking for more grassy spots, they'd probably have been warmer and softer but I tend to prefer 'urban bivvy' since they will have a roof.
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hippy
I dug deep into my cave of hell, kicked open the suitcase of pain, draped the cape of misery over myself and got it done.
So, I'm still not sure if I actually enjoy riding my bike for days on end but I went into it with a few mental exercises to try and did pretty well until I had a complete meltdown about 3am Sunday, but then I slept on someone's cardboard recycling in their drive until the sun came up and felt much better. Formed a new finish plan so I didn't miss the time cut and finished it off pretty well.
So, I'd rate it a success.
Also tested some new kit which was cool and found myself picking better bivvy spots which may or may not be useful in TABR (I think hotels might be better for my sleep quality, with a superlight bivvy as a backup).