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Well, slightly less than eight weeks to go, which amounts to only six weeks of training!
Not ridden further than six hours so far, but have remained injury/illness free, so I'm healthy, if not particularly fit. Been doing a couple of interval sessions on the turbo each week for the past three weeks and I feel they've helped with my ability to deal with any short, intense efforts ( which I'm hoping to avoid, if I can ).
Bike-wise, I've been switching back & forth between suspension and rigid forks and am very tempted to stick with my rigid fork + a 2.6" tyre. I've been riding rigid mtb pretty much exclusively since getting a 29er five or six years ago, and am simply happier riding that way these days. Suspension never feels quite right, no matter how I set it up, so I'm weighing up the extra physical fatigue of no sus versus the mental fatigue of constantly wondering about my fork settings.
Nutrition-wise, I'm happy to go with two bottles on the bike. One with carb drink and the other with plain water + electrolytes. I've been using a mixture of gels and bars on my rides so far, and have decided to go with just bars. I'm hopeless at having a gel on the move without making a mess, and after a few
secondshours gels are a miserable, unsatisfying experience. I can see where they're probably easier on the stomach during high-intensity riding, but I'm going to be slowly plodding along. I'll leave some savoury stuff with my pit crew, which I can munch on while he refills my bottles :-)Weight seems to have plateaued at 103.5kg for the past couple of weeks. Still, two stone lighter than when I started, and while it'd be nice to hit my 100kg target, it'll still be a lot less of me to carry around for the ride.