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fussballclub-
Heh. The landscape was really nice actually, one of the best rides I've had in that perspective. Dunno why I seem to always end up in these (too) fast groups. All I can say is it felt like a good idea at the start of it. We had favorable winds the whole way too so that upped the avg speed a bit ofc. For most of these guys I reckon it was just another nice day out.
scottparsley
I entered my first 400k rando this weekend. Started off at 11pm on friday evening. High pace from the beginning but I was feeling quite alright so I almost accidentally joined a group of riders that I know are stronger than me. So we are 5km in and I already know that just keeping up is gonna be tough.
12 degrees was the forecast for the night. Turned out to be 6 degrees and rain. At first just damp roads, then it got worse and worse. I just had a gilet and arm warmers. The group broke up in the rain, people stopping to put on clothes and mess about. At this point I was so cold there was nothing that could make me stop riding so I pushed on. I was riding alone for some time before a small group was formed.
My feet were numb and I was shivering when we reached the halfway point. The rain had finally stopped and the sun was coming up. I was feeling tired but still decided to rejoin the big group when they rolled in not far behind us. We were early at the next control, McDonalds was still closed so only took I quick photo and continued on. The pace still high but I was feeling alot better now and my feet was almost dry again. One more control goes by at about 280k. I try to eat as much as I can.
Now we are closing in on the goal. Temp is rising quick. By noon its crazy hot at almost 30 degrees and I'm really suffering at the back of the group. I loose them with about 30 km to go, they are really nice and wait for me a couple of times but there´s just nothing left in me and I tell them to go on. I count km's till the very end when I stumble in at the last control in just under 15 hrs.
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